Heart Of Darkness

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in them" (249). This is the gift of the great. Kurtz was a great man. He was a born leader.
The Kurtz prior to the journey seems to be a man with a heart of gold. "His goodness shone in every act" (250). But in actuality his soul was conformed by society and the "warning voice of a kind neighbor" (206). He was a man with principles just because principles were all around him. Kurtz was dependent on that kind neighbor to keep him noble.
The Kurtz in transition was a man with a heart that understands what is going on in the jungle. Kurtz is described as a first-class agent, a very remarkable person, who will go very far. Kurtz drew a painting of a woman, draped and blindfolded, carrying a lighted torch. The painting had a background that was somber-almost black. Her movements were stately, and the effect of the torch-light on the face was sinister (169). Kurtz had painted this while he was at the Central Station. This painting is Kurtz� ...

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control the savages and not rape the land. As an emissary of progress he represented someone who could change the relationship with the savages. He came out to the jungle with moral ideas of some sort. In the end he turned it for the worse by taking advantage of them. The devil does know what else. I believe the devil was a large part of Kurtz; the darkness had sunk in along with the devil.

In the transition Kurtz realizes what the darkness does to men there. He believes that he can overcome the darkness. He believes he can bring his moral ideas and change the way they colonize the darkness. He believes he can change how the white man treats the savage. He believes he can ...

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