![]() ![]() The incident is known as the " Gunpowder Plot." But Fawkes and the gunpowder were discovered before the plan went off, and Fawkes gave up the names of his co-conspirators under torture. Guy Fawkes was convicted of trying to blow up King James I in 1605 by stashing gunpowder underneath the Parliament building.The English celebrate Guy Fawkes Day every November 5th with fireworks and the burning of little straw men or "effigies.".( Read more.) The epigraph tells us that, in some sense, the poem is set after the death of Kurtz, or someone "hollow" man like him. He seems to have some qualities of greatness because he collects more ivory than other traders, but in one memorable passage, Marlow suspects Kurtz of being "hollow to the core" and lacking a human and moral nature. Here's the lowdown: Kurtz is an British ivory trader in Africa, and is one of the many Europeans who arrived to exploit that continent's resources in the 19th and early 20th centuries.Conrad's novel is a true classic, but we don't think you need to rush out to read it to understand this poem. ![]() The servant reveals to the character Marlow that another character named Kurtz has just died.The first epigraph is a quote from a servant in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. ![]()
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