...representing a woman, draped and blindfolded, carrying a lighted torch. The background was sombre — almost black. The movement of the woman was stately,...effect of the torch-light on the face was sinister" (54). This painting immediately recalls the lamp-statue of "The Return," a figure of the betrayal of...

...representing a woman, draped and blindfolded, carrying a lighted torch. The background was sombre - almost black. The movement of the woman was stately,...'It arrested me, and he stood by civilly, holding an empty half-pint champagne botde (medical comforts) with the candle stuck in it. To my question he...

...woman, draped and blindfolded, carrying a lighted torch. The background was sombre— almost biack. The movement of the woman was stately, and the effect of the torch-light on the face was sinister. (H 54) Da die düstere Allegorie der Zivilisation blind ist und ihre Fackel die sie umgebende Finsternis...

...believes to be Sa'eed, revisiting a scene from Heart of Darkness where Marlow meets Kurtz's picture of a woman, draped and blindfolded, carrying a lighted...effect of the torchlight on the face was sinister. (Heart of Darkness, p. 523) The narrator in Season of Migration to the North opens the door on a similar...

...represents a woman, "draped and blindfolded, carrying a lighted torch. The background was sombre - almost black. The movement of the woman was stately,...effect of the torch-light on the face was sinister" (54). The light-dark chiaroscuro, which mirrors the ambivalence of the tale, in this instance subverts...

...'representing a woman, draped and blindfolded, carrying a lighted torch. The background was sombre - almost black. The movement of the woman was stately,...effect of the torchlight on the face was sinister' (pp. 46-47). Stately and sinister, in Marlow's descriptive, unanalytical words - not stately bul sinister....

...representing a woman. draped and blind-folded. earning a lighted torch. The background was sombre — almost black. The movement of the woman was stately. and the effect of the woman was stately. and the effect of the torch-light on the face was sinister. 1HD 791 Marlow's difficulties...

...representing a woman, draped and blindfolded, carrying a lighted torch. The background was sombre - almost black. The movement of the woman was stately,..."It arrested me, and he stood by civilly, holding an 47 empty half-pint champagne bottle (medical comforts) with the candle stuck in it. To my question...

...as "representing a woman draped and blindfolded carrying a lighted torch. The background was . . . black. The movement of the woman was stately, and...effect of the torchlight on the face was sinister" (27-28l. The torch is clearly a symbol of European enlightenment, civilization, representing all that...

...paneL representing a woman draped and blindfolded carrying a lighted ton:h. The background was sombre - almost black. The movement of the woman was stately and the effect of the torchlight on her face almost sinister."4 The white blindfold can indicate an unwillingness to look or an inability...