Heart Of Darkness: Marlow And Kurtz

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travels with the native savages. Marlow shows he has the savage qualities as well when he follows Kurtz into the forest, but not to the extreme Kurtz has. Marlow also shows his savageness when he is first in Africa when he and his men are carrying a dead man. One of his men expects to see Marlow kill someone, this man sees that Marlow has the potential to kill a man.
Marlow realizes that Kurtz is a savage by his actions and behavior. First Marlow is horrified by the human heads on the poles outside his house. Marlow is also outraged and upset when Kurtz threatened to kill him if he did not give him the ivory. Kurtz is willing to kill over a small amount of ivory. Kurtz’s viciousness is shown when he threatens him; because Kurtz does not think, but relies on gut instinct and his survival skills which have allowed him to survive for this time.
Marlow tries to distance himself from Kurtz in his mind. Marlow tries to make himself believe that he is not like Kurtz and he will not ...

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