The Hero in Joseph Conrad's Short Story "Prince Roman"

Contents
1. Introductory remarks 3
2. The structure of the short story 4
3. Narrative technique and description of Prince Roman 5
3.1 Description of the happily married couple 5
3.2 Prince Roman as an old man 6
3.3 The Prince after his wife's death 7
3.3.1 The funeral and the time after 7
3.3.2 The Prince during the uprising 9
3.3.3 "The supreme moment of his life" 11
4. The importance of visual perception and expression in the story 13
4.1 The effect of visual perception on the reader 13
4.2 Prince Roman and his visual perception 13
5. Prince Roman as a story of character? 15
6. Prince Roman as a story of patriotism 17
6.1 The Prince as a patriotic hero 17
6.2 Biographical background and literary sources 19
6.2.1 Biographical background 19
6.2.2 Literary sources 20
7. Prince Roman as a "positive" hero 21
Bibliography 22
1. Introductory remarks
Joseph Conrad's short story Prince Roman,...