Kurtz had come to the jungle with the intent to civilize but now he faces his death as an empty, hateful, vengeful man. ... In fact, the Russian is the only white man in the jungle who is there to experience and learn rather than exploit and plunder. ... Marlow helps the Russian escape into the jungle and laments the corrupt and chaotic state of his situation. Conrad follows the chaotic scene on the shore and the strange conversations on the steamboat with a nightmarish scene in the jungle. Marlow follows Kurtz into the jungle where he has crawled toward a fire started by his vigilant follow...

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The Condition of Man in The Heart of Darkness and The Lord of the Flies "Man is a fallen being. He is gripped by original sin. His nature is sinful and his state perilous-(Golding, "Fable-, The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces, Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1965, page 61). This quote by ...

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