According to Sigmund Freud, our mind is divided in three parts: The id which is repressed, the super-ego that leads the mind, and the ego that manages all of it. In Heart of Darkness, Marlow's journey in Africa is a direct metaphor to a journey into the Id. Africa is known to be a wild and unrestrained continent. The time was set in the 19th century when Africa had barely been explored. This wild unexplored wilderness represents the part of the mind that people never want to cross or venture to, while the european continent represents the part of us that is expressed and shown to the world in other words the ego. Conrad’s curious journey into Africa is in fact a voyage that helps him find his inner-self.
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