Both Uses of
gratification
in
Heart of Darkness
- They only showed that Mr. Kurtz lacked restraint in the gratification of his various lusts, that there was something wanting in him—some small matter which, when the pressing need arose, could not be found under his magnificent eloquence.†
Chpt 3
- I tried to break the spell—the heavy, mute spell of the wilderness—that seemed to draw him to its pitiless breast by the awakening of forgotten and brutal instincts, by the memory of gratified and monstrous passions.†
Chpt 3 *
Definition:
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(gratification) great satisfaction (pleasure)