![]() ![]() In this passage Marlow clearly recognizes the accountant’s superior social status through his “starched collars and got-up shirt-fronts,” noting these particular features of the accountant’s linen are “achievements of character.” Marlow automatically recognizes the accountant’s quality linens as a status symbol because in early 19 th century England, linens were a commodity only the rich could afford (Textile Industries). ![]() She had a distaste for the work.’ Thus this man had verily accomplished something.” (Conrad 32). He had just the faintest blush, and said modestly, ‘I’ve been teaching one of the native women about the station. He had been out nearly three years and, later, I could not help asking him how he managed to sport such linen. “His starched collars and got-up shirt-fronts were achievements of character. When Marlow first meets the accountant at the main station, Marlow remarks: In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, the accountant uses his linens as a symbol of power to assert and maintain his status as bourgeoisie through. ![]()
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