Having an advanced society, Europe promotes the notion of self control. However, it was not always that way. Europe, like all other continents, used to be wild and savage. Early civilization burned people who expressed the slightest sign of either genius, magic, or miracles without any mercy whatsoever. Despite all these ruthless actions, Europe has managed to develop into a much more technologically and mentally advance continent. It’s society in its way has created many rules and regulations that limit wilder human actions because they consider them too extreme. All these limitations have prevented the human mind thinking about these extreme ideas again and the person from doing such action in the eyes of others. This is the reason why people refrain themselves from completely embarrassing themselves, from going crazy and throwing a computer across the room while screaming uncontrollably. It is the reason why Kurtz’s last word to his Fiancee was a lie: “ The last words he pronounced was- your name”. (Conrad 93) That is the ego taking place and making sure to not hurt her. He makes sure to make her feel better because it is inappropriate to make her grieve more.
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