... taking out of the jungle, they were, at the same time, bringing light and progress to the jungle. We can ascertain from this painting that Kurtz was well aware of his company's hypocrisies and their many follies. But at some point we lost him to the wild. Conrad even goes as far to call Kurtz a symbol of the modern age. He symbolizes what Conrad feels is the decline in moral values in ... society, or rather the lack of morals when "society" is no longer present to lend a watchful ... eye. Kurtz's last words, "The horror! The horror!" seem to be a message to himself and, through Marlow ...

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