Albert Einstein once said, “The only source of knowledge is through experience.” Einstein is arguing, in order to have a greater knowledge a person must have a variety of life experiences. Marlow came upon many psychological ideas and that can make one's thoughts chaotic. The Heart Of Darkness, written by Joseph Conrad, used the Bystander effect, Stockholm Syndrome, and The Milgram Experiment, are all psychological concepts that give the novel a dark and serious tone.
The first psychologic idea that comes to mind would be Bystander Effect. Psychology Today states, “The bystander effect occurs when the presence of others discourages an individual from intervening in an emergency situation”(1). No one really knew what this was before 1964 when Kitty Genovese was stabbed outside of her apartment while all of her neighbors watched …show more content…
Stockholm syndrome is “feelings of trust or affection felt in certain cases of kidnapping or hostage-taking by a victim toward a captor”. In Stockholm, Sweden, 1972 there was an instance where a bank robber held their hostages captive four six days, now while being held captive these hostages created a bond with their robber and feared the police rather than the people who held them hostage. Now the way that this syndrome and the “Heart of Darkness” go together would be with Marlow and the Cannibals, “The leader of the cannibals tells Marlow matter-of-factly that his people want to eat the owners of the voices of the fog.” The way that this psychology concept goes together with Marlow and the cannibals but it’s not just with those two, it’s also could be with Kurtz and the natives. In part three of the summary pages it stated that Kurtz has a staff with natives heads on them, and while he still has that staff he is still basically in charge of the natives. During this time Kurtz does have the natives attack Marlow's steamer
The first psychologic idea that comes to mind would be Bystander Effect. Psychology Today states, “The bystander effect occurs when the presence of others discourages an individual from intervening in an emergency situation”(1). No one really knew what this was before 1964 when Kitty Genovese was stabbed outside of her apartment while all of her neighbors watched …show more content…
Stockholm syndrome is “feelings of trust or affection felt in certain cases of kidnapping or hostage-taking by a victim toward a captor”. In Stockholm, Sweden, 1972 there was an instance where a bank robber held their hostages captive four six days, now while being held captive these hostages created a bond with their robber and feared the police rather than the people who held them hostage. Now the way that this syndrome and the “Heart of Darkness” go together would be with Marlow and the Cannibals, “The leader of the cannibals tells Marlow matter-of-factly that his people want to eat the owners of the voices of the fog.” The way that this psychology concept goes together with Marlow and the cannibals but it’s not just with those two, it’s also could be with Kurtz and the natives. In part three of the summary pages it stated that Kurtz has a staff with natives heads on them, and while he still has that staff he is still basically in charge of the natives. During this time Kurtz does have the natives attack Marlow's steamer