Marlow S Relationship With Kurtz
Marlow has a supernatural fascination with kurtz for much of the book.
Marlow s relationship with kurtz. And finally the two main protagonists relationship does end even after kurtz s death. Both individuals also begin their journeys with the seemingly at the time morally upright intention of bringing civilization to the tribal inhabitants of africa. Marlow s understanding of kurtz lead him to see kurt as an alter ego. Kurtz becomes a metaphor for fallen man.
Marlow has a fascination and or obession with kurtz from the first moment he hears about him. Kurtz is the man who marlow could have become if he introduced darkness into his heart and followed in mr. Kurtz had kicked himself loose of the earth. Marlow who goes on his journey to meet kurtz already has a fascination with kurtz after listening to many people along the way.
She praises kurtz s words and. Marlow is the man who mr. The extravagant symbolism of the previous section is largely absent here. A man of many talents gifted musician painter has the chrisima and ability to lead men.
Conrad tries to show us that marlow is what kurtz had been and kurtz is what marlow could become. Marlow respects kurtz and his decisions and also kurtz respects marlow but they weren t friends they just had no other. Relationship of marlow and kurtz in joseph conrad s heart of darkness joseph conrad s heart of darkness is a story about the adventures of marlow the story s protagonist on the congo river where he meets kurtz an agent that works for the company providing them with ivory supplies. However she is actually devoted to an image of kurtz instead of the man himself.
Kurtz are very similar to each other. Marlow says about himself i was getting savage meaning that he was becoming more like kurtz. Marlow saw kurtz as a european apostle who went into the heart of darkness with good intentions but was seduced into pure evil. Kurtz was and could have continued to be and mr.
Kurtz s fiancée is marked like the harlequin by her absolute devotion to kurtz. Marlow realizes that the things that kurtz has done is brought about only because of kurtz s exposure to africa. Instead marlow and kurtz confront one another in a dark forest with no one else around. He is thought of as god like among savages and was prasied by some.
It isn t until marlow actually meets him that his god like aura is diminished. Marlow describes his developing relationship with kurtz in terms of intimacy and betrayal. Marlow and kurtz are both similar in that they are adventurous individuals who are fascinated by the idea of experiencing africa.