This blog is going to be reflecting on some key points that we said in Tuesday's class. The question the class was asked was 'what is the darkness?'. The darkness is the corruption of humanity. With this definition, we can say that Kurtz's sense of humanity has been corrupted. Kurtz also has this inner darkness, which is the darkness that can affect man's inner soul. This makes me think about what type of person that you would NOT call crazy has some heads facing his house (let alone the fact that he ordered his workers to go and get these skulls of the rebels).
Marlow is finding himself being affected by the darkness. He is losing himself in this darkness as well. Although that Kurtz has no self-restraint regarding the darkness, Marlow still looks up to him and admires who he is. I think that Marlow can see this darkness inside of Kurtz, yet, in the story, he still has this urge to meet him and talk to him. I can honestly say that if I knew of a person with a corrupted humanity, I would not want to meet him. This kind of makes me think about the Holocaust and how Hitler also had an evil spirit. I would not want to meet Hitler and talk to him. That is crazy.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Great post Ieysha. I find myself too responding to discussions we've had in class.
In this post, I think you hit the nail on the head in defining what the darkness actually is. There is the physical darkness of the jungle, which causes the European men to reflect on their inner darkness. There is also the metaphorical sense, the evil within man - much like with Kurtz.
i think it is crazy too that Marlow persisted in talking to Kurtz even after realizing why there were in fact skulls on Kurtz's hut. I think the difference between Marlow and Kurtz though is that Marlow never gave into the darkness. It was he was there for the experience that he could push through the what Kurtz had done. Kurtz always wanted something and that drove him to being "hallow at the core".
Keep up the good work!
Post a Comment