Heart of Darkness Kurtz according to Marlow

The Last Disciple: Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness When a man’s life is the sea he has much time to think about that life and who he really is or might be. In Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad introduces readers to two such men who are at different stages of their quest to find out who they are. The two men, Marlow and Kurtz, possess traits that are a little common to every …showed first 75 words of 744 total…

…showed last 75 words of 744 total…had been corrupted. Conrad uses Kurtz to demonstrate the evil that lurks in all men waiting to be set free. He is telling us that man is not as far from the horrors which society has condemned. Marlow remains “loyal to Kurtz at the last” (1481) because he has taught Marlow of the “heart of darkness” within all of us. That evil side lurking within that must be controlled if we are to keep our humanity.