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  • Essay / The importance of imperialism in the heart of Joseph Conrad...

    After leaving the inner station, Marlow realizes that Kurtz's "was an impenetrable darkness" and he looked at him as one "looks a man,” lying before him. the “bottom of a precipice where the sun never shines” (65) and sees a “change” that “has happened,” Kurtz presents a change that he hopes “never to see again” (65) a “ moment of complete knowledge”, as if he had relived “his life in the smallest details”, which pushes him to shout twice: “The Horror! The Horror!' (66). Kurtz's final realization reveals that he [Kurtz] was consumed by the terrors of imperialism, he allowed himself to be completely and utterly immersed and became the embodiment of imperialism. His final revelation also leads Marlow to realize that darkness only exists in the hearts of men, as during his final moments, Kurtz was able to see all the darkness inside his heart, leading him to shout “Horror!” The horror!”