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In “Heart of Darkness,” by Joseph Conrad, a man’s confrontation with his dark self is both dangerous and enlightening. In the novel, the term "darkness" has a few different meanings. The term “light” also has some meanings in the novel. The darkness can mean f being uncivilized, while the light can mean being civilized. Marlow and Kurtz are good examples of living in the dark and living in the light. Kurtz (once a civilized …

…home, is somewhat of a dark aspect. Kurtz, towards the end of his life, led an extremely gloomy life, however never was he compared to the natives. In some ways Marlow and his crew ended up the uncivilized beings because they used the inferior people’s land and stole their ivory so they can become rich and live a good life back home. The whites stripped the natives of their possessions, leaving them the uncivilized.