Body Paragraph One: Conrad's Intricate Frame

- historic voyages that have left from Gravesend (2)
- a 'nutshell' (3)
- Marlow (3)
- Romans venture into the 'darkness' (3-4)
- the 'idea' which justifies conquest (4)

Body Paragraph Two: Symbols as Signposts on the Trail of Kurtz

- the snake of the Congo River
- the sad fate of Captain Fresleven (6)
- knitting women beside the great map of Africa (7-8)
- the doctor and his secret theory (9)
- the Africans (10)
- the French warship (11)

Body Paragraph Three: The Outer Station

- a Swede (12)
- first impressions (12)
- the chain gang (13-14)
- the grove of trees (14)
- the Chief Accountant (15-16)
- first mention of Kurtz (15-16)

Body Paragraph Four: The Middle Station

- The Trek (16-17)
- Marlow's white companion (17)
- the sunken steamer (18)
- the General Manager (19-20)
- the pilgrims (20)
- Kurtz's painting (21-22)
- Imagining Kurtz (23)
- Marlow breaks off his story (24)

Body Paragraph Five: The Overheard Conversation (27-29)

Body Paragraph Six: The Voyage to the Inner Station Study Guide Four

• The Voyage Up River (30) (41)
• The Fireman (33) (45)
• The Strange Message in the Hut (64) (33) (45)
• The Silent Fog, the Cry of Infinite Desolation, and the Cannibals (67-68) (72) (35-36) (48-49)
• The Hail of Arrows 'they looked like they wouldn't kill a cat' (41) (76) (55)
• The Death of the Helmsman (78) (42) (57)
• The Look on the Helmsman's Face at the Moment of Death (84)
• Marlow's Frenzied Change of Shoes (79) (43) (57-58)
• Marlow's Sudden Realization of the Secret of Kurtz's Power (79) (43) (61)
• Kurtz's Essay for the International Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs (83) (45-46) (61)(42-43) (62-63)
• Marlow's Moment of Compassion (86)
• Arrival at the Inner Station and the Encounter with Kurtz's Fool (87) (48) (64-65)

Paragraph Seven: Kurtz and The Inner Station 

• Kurtz's Court Jester (48-49) (64-69)
• The Fool on Kurtz (51-52) (69-70)
• The Heart of Darkness (54-55) (73-74)
• Marlow Wrestles with Kurtz (58-59) (79-82)

Paragraph Eight: The Return Study Guide Six

• Kurtz's Death (64) (86-87) (Kurtz's Essay) (43) (61)
• Marlow's Illness (65) (87-88)
• Brussels (65-66) (88-90)
• The Intended (68-71) (92-95)
• Final Image (72) (96)

Conclusion: IS progress possible?