Before Marlow’s journey, he went to the doctor for his examination. “’I always ask leave, in the interests of science, to measure the crania of those going out there,’ he said. “’And when they come back, too?’ I asked. ‘Oh, I never see them,’ he remarked; ‘And moreover, the changes take place inside, you know.’ He smiled, as if at some quiet joke. ‘So you are going out there. Famous. Interesting, too.’ He gave me a searching glance, and made another note. ‘Ever any madness in your family?’ he asked, in a matter-of-fact tone. I felt very annoyed.” (Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad p.75) From the conversation of Marlow and the doctor, Marlow feels nervous, since he isn’t the only one attempting to travel the Congo River. Eerie and dangerous things will occur since other explorers never came back. The doctor thinks

Marlow was in for a surprise, there were savages, planning to attack Marlow and his crew, from the unpredictable shrieks they made. This led Marlow to go mad. He had crazy thoughts running through his head. “I couldn’t have felt more of lonely desolation somehow, had I been robbed of a belief or had missed my destiny in life…” (Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad p.120) After the battle with the savages on the river bank, Marlow loses his helmsman.

The savages of the huts alongside the river are full of wild passions and are unpredictable that behaved like animals. These uncivilized savages made horrid, mad faces that startled Marlow. Marlow had no clue what his trip would be like, but he was up for a challenge. “But snags were thick, the water was treacherous and shallow, the boiler seemed indeed to have a sulky devil un it, and thus neither that fireman nor I had any time to peer into our creepy thoughts.” (Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad p.107) His journey through madness becomes more common as Marlow and his crew move further upriver into the strange and unknown. Things become worse when Marlow travels deeper into the river. “I wanted to push on; but the manager looked grave, and told me be advisable, the sun being very low already, to wait where we were till next morning. Moreover, he pointed out that if the warning to approach cautiously were to be followed, we must approach i

Some topics in this essay:
Joseph Conrad, Congo River, Heart Darkness, Marlow Marlow, heart darkness, darkness joseph conrad, heart darkness joseph, Darkness Joseph, darkness joseph, joseph conrad, River Eerie, congo river, River Marlow, Kurtz Marlow’s, journey madness, , travel congo river, primeval world, marlow’s journey, attempting travel, marlow willing, journey madness hell, madness hell, attempting travel congo,