Joseph Conrad

The word “incorrigible” means to be altogether bad. It to be bad to the point that can no longer be reformed (Oxford English Dictionary). It means broken to the point of no repair. This word is pronounced by Dr. Monygham, the cynical doctor, in understructure to the subversion that the mine has introduced. In the extract the word is with knocked out(p) end and it is used to describe the devotion of Charles Gould (amongst others) to the mine and the faith that he holds in “material interests”. The main theme of Nostromo by Joseph Conrad is the think riches and power corrupt even the wideest of men. This corruption begins in the facile of the mine and its reach is stretched into many lives. Conrad likewise needinesss to institute that faith in “material interests” does non perpetually work out best for the people involved, especially Nostromo, the senior pilot of the Cargadores himself. Charles Gould, the possessor of the Gould Con cession (the Senor Administador), becomes, “incorrigible in his devotion to the great silver mine”. In the beginning of the novel we take up the courtship between Mr. and Mrs. Gould when they are in Italy.

Here he is filled with “youthful energy”, hope and idealism to enwrap on the work of his father and uncle in Costaguana, and to use the riches of the San Tome mine to the benefit of the people. In the extract it becomes apparent that this is not the same Charles Gould who walked in the fields of Italy with Mrs. Emillia Gould. Mrs. Gould says that, “He was perfect, perfect: just she would never have him to herself” (Con! rad 2007: 412). The mine with its grasp has become an restriction between the these two people. Charles Gould has become “calmness personified” (Conrad 2007: 243) and it becomes obvious that he has “fallen under the spell of the San Tome mine” (Conrad 2007:48). Just as his father before him died from that fixed idea, so too does Mr. Gould’s idealism and hope in wealth as the...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: BestEssayCheap.com

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