Heart of Darkness · Character

Fresleven

The previous captain of the steamer, killed in a dispute over hens.

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

The emotional and psychological peak occurs when Marlow, confronted by the Russian’s reckless, glamorous vital…

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