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Joseph ConradA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Conrad’s story is a period piece in that it comments on events and issues of its day. The age of colonialism and imperial expansion is over. Or is it? In what ways is Conrad’s look at the charade of civilization and the irony of morality still timely?
Conrad’s is a philosophical story that poses big questions. How would you answer this using the character of Kayerts: Are people moral because of society or is society moral because of people? Is morality a product of society or does morality, intrinsic to who you are, shape a society? Is morality part of who we are or is morality learned?
By Joseph Conrad
British Literature
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Colonialism & Postcolonialism
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Colonialism Unit
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Existentialism
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Good & Evil
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Loyalty & Betrayal
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National Suicide Prevention Month
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Order & Chaos
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Safety & Danger
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