The Intended

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The Intended is Kurtz’s devoted fiancée in Joseph Conrad’s "Heart of Darkness," symbolizing idealized European innocence and moral blindness to colonial atrocities.

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The Intended canonical 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf character in a novel
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Heart of Darkness
asksAbout Kurtz’s last words
associatedWith Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
believes Kurtz died with noble, exalted words
believesIn Kurtz’s moral greatness
contrastedWith Kurtz’s African mistress
Marlow
linked to: Charles Marlow
createdBy Joseph Conrad
deceivedBy Marlow’s lie about Kurtz’s last words
describedAs devoted
emotionally intense
idealistic
loyal
embodies domestic, bourgeois values
faith in European moral superiority
fiancéeOf Kurtz
firstPublicationContext Heart of Darkness (serialized 1899, book 1902)
linked to: Heart of Darkness
gender female
ignorantOf Kurtz’s atrocities in Africa
the brutal reality of colonialism
languageOfWork English
livesIn Europe
medium prose fiction
nationality European
relatedTheme European complicity in colonial violence
colonialism
illusion versus reality
imperialism
truth and lies
relatedWork modernist literature
representsFor Marlow’s sense of European ideals
sceneLocation final scene of Heart of Darkness
symbolizes idealized European innocence
illusion
moral blindness to colonial atrocities
naive faith in European civilization
romantic idealization of Kurtz
self-deception
the sheltered European home front
toldBy Marlow
linked to: Charles Marlow

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Heart of Darkness majorCharacter The Intended
Kurtz hasFiancée the Intended
linked to: The Intended