Subject: Joseph Conrad's-Heart Of Darkness

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begins to set in. He
is greeted by an English-speaking Russian whom he takes for a man who on
the surface is deceant level-headed person, but after short conversation
it is apparent to Marlow that he is talking with a disturbed individual,
but that was not what bothered Marlow. Hearing of and seeing the acts
committed by Kurtz made Marlow uneasy, and even afraid. It was at this
point that Marlow begins his denial of any affinity he feels with Kurtz.
He says in regard to the Russian ¦I suppose that it had not occurred to
him that Mr. Kurtz was no idol of mine_(59). Marlow sees all of the
atrocities committed by Kurtz, and is appalled, but when he looks deep
with inside himself he sees what he could easily become, and he
desperately wants to suppress it. Once Kurtz is on the boat, and headed
with Marlow back to civilization, things take a strange turn. Though
Marlow and Kurtz have little to talk about, they develop a distinct
respect for each other. As Kurtz dies, Marlow accepts this ...

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