Part one of term paper
Although the similarities between Joseph Conrad’s The Heart of Darkness and Francis Coppola’s Apocalypse Now are evident to those who are familiar with both works, there is actually a great deal of underlying difference between the film and the novel. In his critical article, E. N. Dorall attempts to not only present the superficial par ...

Part two of term paper
... it and the novel. For instance Willard is told that an individual who came up before him went crazy and blew his brains out. Likewise, Marlow is told of a sailor who hung himself after going up the Congo River. Secondly, Col. Kurtz’s little army attacks Capt. Willard’s patrol boat while similarly Kurtz sends his band of natives to assault Marlow and his crew. Finally, the Russian in Conrad’s novel, and the photographer as portrayed by Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now bear a striking li ...