Throughout the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, the main character, Marlow, is affected by his various surroundings. This is not only observed in Marlow, but in Kurtz as well. As Marlow, Kurtz, and the other characters travel through land and water, changes in behavior can be analyzed. Morals and social innuendos can be sacrificed when one is removed from the normality of society. This is proved within Heart of Darkness through Marlow’s madness and Kurtz’s death.When the characters in the novel are traveling, they find that they can do or say whatever they desire without consequences. This relief from the ponderous level of the moral scrutiny in society can be taken advantage of when one’s mind begins to compare the immoral acts with
