... will not surface unless given the correct environment. The darkness, however, can emerge and ultimately destroy the person if not checked by reason. Eventually we find out that both Dorian, from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Kurtz, from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, are defeated by their darkness and fall prey to its wrath. This theme is very much reflected by the books" setting, plot structure and characterization, we ... all have the potential to be evil because evil exists within all of us. It shows how individuals can slowly deteriorate because of the evil lying...

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