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The FAscination of abomination to me means that, people are so intrested in death and what the out come will be that they have no care for human life. For example in the book All of the blacks are treated badly and they are dieng and no one really seems to care. The book constantly keeps mentioning death.
the fascination of the abomination means to me, what has created that could destroy man; the classic man creates monster, monster destroys man ideal. The fascination of the abomination comes from the fact that something can be so great, that in turn in can be so terrifying. *LEGALIZE IT*
I believe that many people are so interested in abomination because it lets a person see how destructive they can be or how helpful they can be. It is something that people use to measure themselves with.:lol:
To me, fascination of abomination means that it is human nature for people to be attracted to things that are horrific and evil. I fall in this catagory as well. For example, when there is a car crash on the side of the road, everyone driving wants to go check it out. I don't know what causes poeple to do this...maybe it's the fact that people want to see others fail to benefit themselves...i don't know?
"The fascination of the abomination..."
To me this means that everone is interested in destruction and unkosher ventures
To me this means that evil and destructive things appeal to us. This means that we enjoy to see bad events happen. For example some people are more interested in nascar for the crashes rather than the actual race
"the fascination of the abomination"... I think it means people's interest is sparked from tragic events. In society today I think car accidents are a good example of peoples fascination with it. People always slow down to watch the accident. This interest in tragic events is also all over the news.
:banana: :rage: :argue: "The fascination of the abomination..." this means a person has allure, appeal,or attraction for evil, shame or horror. Its a sick twisted dipiction.
This means to me that people are very intrigued by destruction. For some reason people tend to be drawn to morbid or dark images.
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My understanding to the quote of "Fascination of the abomination" is that terrible events draw a crowd. People are fascinated by accidents and terrible situations. Just look at the news! When you are on the Freeway and there is an accident,even if it is off the road there is always trafic becuase people slow down to see what has happened. People are fascinated, even mesmorized, by accidents. We are all guilty of this curious nature.
The fascination of the abomination..." What does this mean to you?
I think this qoute is extremely true. It seems to me that people are fascinated by accidents and in crime. Whenever a police man has closed an area off or is drawing attentioin to a situation the general public is curious in finding out what happened. This is proved through shows on t.v. such as law and order and even daily, when someone gets pulled over for a ticket.
"Fascinaton of abomination" in Heart of Darkness shows how corrupt the continent has become and how its inhabitants do nothing to prevent or discourage such corruption. In fact, these people fuel the corruption in their fascination and obsessions with the abomination.
I totally agree. You are sooooo smart! This must be prevelent in the Heart of Darkness!!!
" Fascination of abomination," could mean that people are interested in what is wrong. It could mean that some people could be attracted to evil or wrong doings.
"the fascination of abomination" i think is when people are attracted to things that are horific or bad. Like kate said i think it people are drawn to bad events so that they can see that they are not in them. :brow:
well the facination of abomination alludes to humanity's need to feel horrified. for example, why do people go see the freak show at the circus? why is it that the majority of all programs on t.v. are directed to the obscure nature of portraying various abominations? The simple fact is, that the facination of abomination appeals to all of us, because its out of the "norm". The sight of something out of the ordinary causes exitement in people. and people want to be exited. Hence the whole facination of abomination. and that is what i think about that :blush: :banana:
Webster's Dictionary defines abomination as "anything greatly disliked or abhorred", thus to have a "fascination with the abomination" is similar to staring at a car crash and wondering, nay hoping, that someone has died.:cold: :cold:
the fascination of abomination is the portrayal of the human fascination with evil. everyone is taught to strive for good so the fascination with evil develops because of the supression of things that are bad or wrong. i am intrigued by people that are manipulative and caniving just because it is interesting to me how they can contrive these sort of character traits. i think all people are like that but we are taught not to respond to things in that manner so its supressed and thats where the fascination comes from!
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Russell Laurence
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hey i do not agree...
"The fascination of the abomination..." What does this mean to you?
To me, this means that things that are horrible fascinate us. People are always drawn to horror and death, which is why the media centers on such things. People always want to know what Police Officers are doing if they see a unit outside their house, people always want to look at traffic collisions and rubberneck. Horror often fascinates.
- Zack Licudine
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"fascination of abomination" means to me that people are so fascinated with distruction that they become corrupt. Especially in Africa they are obsessed with corruption and thriving it.
I believe that the "fascination of abomination" is referring to humans being attracted to terrible or horrific subjects. This attitude is mostly shown in the media and movies which leads to people to think negatively. People are mainly interested to learn about car crashes, murders, etc. in the world rather than to gain knowledge of pleasant topics.
"The fascination of the abomination..." (basically a fascination with primordial darkness) how the mind can be corrupted by the "wild" things out there, "reflecting a belief in man's original origins"
The phrase was used in Heart of Darkness (1899) to describe the core component of a man named Kurtz who had abandoned a uniform and the conventions of civilized warfare in favor of aggrandizement in both an economic and personal sense.
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"The Fascination of Abomination," to me this means many different things. It is when something is so wrong or so obscene you just have to look at it. In the heart of darkness Marlow walks by a man who has been killed and rotting in a long patch of grass. No one has stopped to help or get rid of the rotting body but everyone just looks and keeps passing by. No one cares the whole area is a fascination of abomination in a way. Everyone keeps walking by and looking but never does anything to stop the madness that is going on.
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"Fascination of abomination.." to me means that people have fascination or interest in destruction. Many people have this quality and are more interested about the things in society that are corrupted and destroyed (ie. accidents, natural disasters, murders) then they are in the things that are done for the good of the community and world. Destruction draws a persons interests in and feel the need to know what has happened and wants to know the details. An example of this would be an accident on the freeway and all the cars backed up. This is because everyone is fascinated by the accident. All of the cars drive by slowly wanting to see what it is, trying to figure out what and how it happened, and want to know if anybody was hurt or killed.
How is the notion 'fascination of the abomination' related of presented in Heart of Darkness?
Sorry for the late response- but unsure of what you are asking. The other posts are from my high school seniors (who have gone on to graduate and are- hopefully- somewhere now where they may impress their instructors with their insight). Did you read any of what they wrote? Much of the events (factual) that took place during the ivory trade in the Congo were indeed abominations; Conrad attempts to prove that it is our human nature to be fascinated by the horror that surrounds us- even to the extent of 'heads on sticks' and 'rotting hippo meat' being eaten...and how far we are capable of going before being lost forever to it. Essentially, when we are no longer bothered by the atrocities we see, but simply have no response at all- that character is Kurtz. He is in the end the object of his own despair, and his very lack of concern is what drives him mad.
But you are beside the matter.
i was wondering if maybe you might be able to help me . . .
i need to do a essay on the subtopic of the river about Marlow's perspective of it. so far ive got how he thinks it will be super easy (his aunt getting him the job on the steamboat) and how diffucult it becomes (all the attacks and people dying) and how it isnt his expection of the river at all after metting Kurtz and seeing what he really is and how the trip changes his views of the river . . .
any input would be SOOOO helpfull
Facination of Abomination means to me that some poeple love destruction of others. Kind of scary thought.
Cat