Gossip,+scandal+and+eavesdropping

Anne - 1970s || Early 1800s || Late 1800s ||  || Olivia || Antoinette Grace Poole || Kurtz Marlow The Manager The Manager's Uncle ||  || (cited text) ||  ||   || # Look at the influence that man must have. Is it not frightful?' (33) (cited text) ||  ||   || # As to me, I seemed to see Kurtz for the first time. (34) Prior to overhearing this conversation, Marlow only heard about Kurtz's different qualities instead of something he has really done. By turning back into the wilderness, Kurtz sets himself apart from the rest of the Europeans. ||  ||
 * || **//Heat and Dust//** || **//Wide Sargasso Sea//** || **//Heart of Darkness//** || **//Things Fall Apart//** ||
 * Synopsis ||  ||   || Marlow was lying on his steamboat one evening when he overheard a conversation between the Manager and his uncle discussing about Kurtz. ||   ||
 * Real time || Olivia - 1920s
 * Narrative placement ||  ||   || Beginning of part II, where Marlow was laying on his steamboat. ||   ||
 * Characters involved || The Nawab
 * Significant lines of dialogue
 * 1) "Clear this poor devil out of the country, and don't bother sending more of that sort. I had rather be alone than have the kind of men you can dispose of with me."(33) ||   ||
 * Significant descriptions
 * Symbols ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Motifs ||  ||   || Corruption ||   ||
 * Narrative /style aspects ||  ||   || Marlow chose to recite parts of the dialogue instead of summarizing the entire conversation so that the Manager and his uncle's opinion regarding Kurtz wouldn't be confused with Marlow's. ||   ||
 * Literary features ||  ||   ||   ||   ||