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The Power of Will in magnetic core of vestige and divine revelation Now The story of Heart of lousiness was adapted to scud later on many failed attempts. (Hearts of Darkness, Coppala E.). Finally, director Francis Coppala collaborated with his friend John Milius on constitution a screen play for Conrads masterpiece. The two came up with Apocalypse Now, utilizing a more modern setting than the original story which was based in imperialist Europe. The modern setting was that of the Vietnam war. Apocalypse Now focuses on the monomania of a decorated military colonial. Kurtz intended to enlighten the natives, but alternatively he circums to the primal temptations of the jungle and goes insane. (Hearts of Darkness, Coppala E.) The fiction of Joseph Conrad, as seen in Heart of Darkness, represents the teachings of the German philosopher and idealist Arthur Schopenhauer. Schopenhauer thought of the valet as having two diaphanous entities, some(prenominal) of which are parts of the whole world. First, there is the world of mold or appearance. This is the phenomenal world which is made of tangible objects. For Schopenhauer the second entity beingness the noumenon is will, and is the cause of everything. Frost. The phenomenal world world of representation is merely an painting it mirrors the will, the true(a) world. (Sahakian). Schopenhauer, being of pessimistic views, argued will to be a cram that both creates all and destroys all in its insatiable demand for More More of what it does non fare it only knows that it wants more. (Palmer). All human actions are a payoff of will. As seen through the character of Kurtz, the world of will manifestates suffering, evil, and insanity into the world of perception. in that respect are m... ..., Francis Copala, and John Milius. Paramount, 1989. Palmer, Donald. 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Finally, director Francis Coppala collaborated with his friend John Milius on writing a screen play for Conrads masterpiece. The two came up with Apocalypse Now, utilizing a more modern setting than the original story which was based in imperialistic Europe. The modern setting was that of the Vietnam war. Apocalypse Now focuses on the insanity of a decorated military colonial. Kurtz intended to enlighten the natives, but instead he circums to the primal temptations of the jungle and goes insane. (Hearts of Darkness, Coppala E.) The fiction of Joseph Conrad, as seen in Heart of Darkness, represents the teachings of the German philosopher and idealist Arthur Schopenhauer. Schopenhauer thought of the world as having two distinct entities, both of which are parts of the whole world. First, there is the world of representation or appearance. This is the phenomenal world which is made of tangible objects. For Schopenhauer the second entity being the thing-in-itself is will, and is the cause of everything. Frost. The phenomenal world world of representation is merely an image it mirrors the will, the real world. (Sahakian). Schopenhauer, being of pessimistic views, argued will to be a force that both creates all and destroys all in its insatiable demand for More More of what it does not know it only knows that it wants more. (Palmer). All human actions are a result of will. As seen through the character of Kurtz, the world of will manifestates suffering, evil, and insanity into the world of perception. There are m... ..., Francis Copala, and John Milius. Paramount, 1989. Palmer, Donald. Looking at Philosophy The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter. 1988. Mountain View, CA Mayfield Publishing Company, 1994. Sahakian William S. History of Philosophy. New York, Barnes and Noble Books, 1968. Schopenhauer, Arthur. Essays and Aphorisms. Trans. R. J. Hollingdale. New York, Penguin Books, 1970. Works Consulted Boyle, Ted E. Symbolism and Meaning in the Fiction of Joseph Conrad. 1965. Folcroft, PA The Folcroft Press, 1969. Johnson, Bruce. Conrad?s Models of Mind. Minneapolis Minnesota UP, 1971. Murfin, Ross C. Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness A Case Study in Contemporary Criticism. New York St. Martin?s Press, 1989. Wollaeger, Mark A. Joseph Conrad and the Fictions of Skepticism. Stanford, CA Stanford UP, 1990.