Kurtz

honour to take me under the arm and lead me aside. ‘He [Kurtz] is very low, very low,’ he said,” (142). Over time, Marlow begins to see that it is the Company who is mad, not Kurtz as he had first assumed: “It seemed to me I [Marlow] had never breathed an atmosphere so vile, and I turned mentally to Kurtz for relief--positively for relief. ‘Nevertheless I think Mr. Kurtz is a remarkable man,’ I said with emphasis,” (144). Marlow’s allegiance to Kurtz and his ideals leads the men of the Company…

the Congo, Kurtz became evil, blind by power, lawless of the Congo, and greed for wealth. He is running wild and using force to conquer the land and obtained ivory for power and wealth (p. 28). His main focus is to gain many ivories as possible and will destroy anyone who comes in the way of it. His inhuman and careless greed leads to many deaths of his people, African native, and even the attack on Marlow steam boat for the sake of not wanting to be capture. When Marlow encounter Kurtz, he…

produce a great deal of stressors for all officers due to various reasons (Kurtz, 2012; McCarty et al, 2007; Norvell et al., 1993). Job related stress effects, male and female officers, differently but there are no major differences in the effects (Hassell et al., 2011; Norvell et al., 1993; McCarty et al., 2007). However, female officers are effected more by family related stress, as compared to job related stress (Kurtz, 2012; Lonsway, 2003). There are many internal and external factors that…

reveal that Kurtz has enough humanity remaining to feel revulsion in a world of…

development, and the setting to demonstrate the theme of human depravity when removed from civilization. Conrad uses character conflict to show the development of Kurtz and Marlow during their time at the Congo. Kurtz had conflict against the environment as it was slowly deteriorating his mind and morals. When he arrived to the Congo, Kurtz…

When Marlow first hears of Kurtz, he is told Kurtz is a great man, and wants to meet the man “who had come out equipped with moral ideas of some sort”. On the way to find Kurtz, Marlow reads a report written by Kurtz called Suppression of Savage Customs. It begins elegantly and beautifully written, but suddenly ends with a strange post script, “Exterminate all the brutes”(75). When Marlow finally reaches Kurtz, he finds a man who has gone mad. Kurtz is deathly ill and has become the god…

stripped of their humanity as they become subjects to and are oppressed by the white men. Kurtz likewise has pure intentions to civilize them and although they worship him, he also rules over them through the use of terror and violence. The title also further suggests that in the heart of every man, darkness and evil exist. We see this through Kurtz as he was unable to resists change in the…

Heart of Darkness establishes Marlow as the main character and the audience sees the story through his point of view. In the beginning, the reader is introduced to Marlow by one of the sailors’ point of view. Marlow is onboard The Nellie attempting to recount the details of his experience in the Congo to the sailors in order to prepare them for the challenges they might be face along their journey. Marlow begins telling the story of how he got the job with the Belgian company and his skepticism…

obsession to be seen as superior can derail one’s life. For instance, Kurtz is seen as a powerful man to all, because he was “[ivory’s] spoiled and pampered favorite”; the amount of ivory he acquires for the Company made him legendary among his peers (Conrad 115). Due to his immense success, Kurtz was sent down the Congo river to amass an even greater amount of ivory, therefore resulting in Marlow’s journey to fetch the now missing Kurtz. As Marlow encounters the property, he espied at the…

Marlow through his desire to face Kurtz. This is not to definitively say that Kurtz is evil, but in Marlow’s perception, Kurtz is someone who is has survived the worst. This may explain Marlow’s desire to confront him and be able to see for himself what has come out of a man that is surviving in those conditions. This is also similar to Willard’s situation with Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. The theme of “the fascination of the abomination” is seen to be associated with Kurtz in the both stories. In…