Chapter 3 of the Heart of Darkness made all of my guesses come true (except the one where I thought that there was no Kurtz, it was an African that had lured the men into a trap...that was wrong) and it kind of made me feel let down. Kurtz is seen as so many different thing for different people including an all-knowing God for the Russian and a look into the future for Marlow and yet he is just a dying man that is no more than a skeleton. I thought Marlow saw a little of himself in Kurtz and with that he saw the problems that he need to change. I question that I had was that why would Marlow want to go back to Africa after already going through all the hardships and almost loosing his life. Maybe he believes that he will be able to conqueror the darkness (but isn't that a little like hubris).
I thought that the end is an explanation for "heart of darkness". Heart of Darkness is the negative side of humanity and how it grows when it is fed. It is also the part of humans when they believe that nothing else matter but themselves and what they want and will step on anyone or anything to achieve that goal. There are many different definitions for heart of darkness, each one equal to the next, but "heart of darkness" is more about finding that personal darkness and figuring out a way to bring light into it.
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