Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is the story of the dissolution of a man and the system that he stands for. Kurtz has decomposed because he lacks restraint. While Kurtz was in the darkness of the Congo, he found the most inhumane and violent ways of producing material wealth. It is Kurtz’s metamorphosis into absolute evil which kills him. is the man who has decayed and succumbed to the evil within himself because of …showed first 75 words of 1931 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1931 total…man has a heart of darkness that is usually drowned out by the light of civilization. However, when removed from civilized society, the raw evil of untamed lifestyles within his soul will be unleashed. The underlying theme of Heart of Darkness is that civilization is superficial. The level of civilization is related to the physical and moral environment they are presently in. It is a much less stable or permanent state than society may think.