I have decided to focus my essay on setting and how Conrad utilizes the setting of Heart of Darkness as a metaphor for the human psyche. More specifically, Conrad uses the jungle as a metaphor for the id. I am going to focus on Kurtz and how the jungle affects him as it brings out his “true” savage self. Additionally, as Marlow goes further and further into the “heart of darkness” he discovers and witnesses the darkness’ affect on people from an outsider’s perspective. From Marlow’s perspective he gets to see things like Kurtz’ madness, cannibalism, etc. all as results of the setting of darkness. I intend to use Murfin’s explanation of psychoanalytic criticism as well as Karl’s interpretation of Conrad’s novella in order to further explore and back up my points.
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