... tries to talk some sense into Kurtz: "I tried to break the spell - the heavy, mute spell of the wilderness - that seemed to draw him to its pitiless breast by the awakening of forgotten and brutal instincts, by the memory of gratified and monstrous passions. This alone, I was convinced ... , had driven him out to the edge of the forest -(p 95) He manages to convince Kurtz, but not by appealing to his reason, but by invoking him like a deity. Kurtz gives Marlow the ... has lost his naiveté. Marlow cannot accept Kurtz's lack of restraint and moral convictions, but he also resents the way...

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• Grade Level: High School