Marlow thinks Kurtz is remarkable man in Heart of Darkness

In the novel "Heart Of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad, a sailor named Marlow is fascinated, and entranced by a snaking river on a map of Africa. He becomes so constrained to travel up the river, that he fells he needs to get there by any means necessary. Through his Aunt’s connections and help, he becomes captain of a steam ship used by imperialists colonising Africa, that travels up and down the Congo River. He is appointed a duty of finding Kurtz, who is ill, and bringing him back to the central station to be treated. Marlow has various conversations at stations along the way, and learns Kurtz is an "amazing" man bringing an excetionally large amount of ivory to the company. Marlow also recieves information that Kurtz’s methods for civilising the natives and collecting ivory are horrendous. Marlow becomes fascinated with Kurtz to the point where his thoughts constinently revolve around meeting Kurt’s and what he is like. Along the way up the river, the structure of European civilisation is slowly dissolved as Marlow pen

Superficially Kurtz seems like a bad character in the novel. He commits such horrible acts as killing and stealing ivory as well as disobeying the company. Marlow however find Kurtz to be "remarkable." Marlow understood why kurtz had commited such terrible acts. He was consumed by darkness when he went searching for the truth. Kurtz had looked deeper into darkness than Marlow did, and had something to say, which Marlow did not. Kurtz had passed down a sort of wisdom to Marlow, which enlightened him and forced him to see the evil that is in every human being, to see the truth which is hidden and concealed, stuck down hidden in the depths and darkness of the human soul. He admires Kurtz for his lack of composure, and to be able to live away from civilisation as a natural man. Marlow "detestes" lies, Kurtz unfolded the largest lie, and told Marlow the truth, which inlightened Marlow. Who wouldn’t find Kurtz remarkable? He travelled into the human soul and examined it. He had the courage to face human nature and to not turn away.

Marlow returns back to civilisation "enlightened," because of Kurtz’s influence and his journey into the unknown. He says he saw civilised people as "…intruders whose knowledge of life was to me an irritating pretence, because I felt so sure they could not possibly know the things I knew (Conrad, 75)." Marlow had gained some kind of knowledge from Kurtz, which helped him to take a different look at the world, seeing people and society and human nature unvieled, he could now see the light in the darkness and find "truth." Because of Kurtz, he could now see the corruption and lies, the mask over each civilized face that sorrounded him.

I was within a hair’s-breadth of the last opportunity for pronouncement, and I found with humiliation that probably I would have nothing to say This is the reason why I affirm that Kurtz was a remarkable man. He had something to say. He said it. Since I had peeped over the edge myself, I understand better the meaning of his stare, that could not see the flame of the candle , but was wide enough to embrace the whole universe, piercing enough to penetrate all the hearts that beat in the darkness. He had summed up-he had judged. ‘The horror!’ He was a remarkable man. (73)

As Marlow had travelled up the Congo river towards

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