Africa has always been a big and curious place. At the time of heart of darkness, Africa is still savage, wild, and unexplored. Marlow being a European explores it and is curious to see all of its potential. Africa did not have a lot of time to develop advanced societies. It does not have the luxury that Europe has. This lack of society leaves the entire continent with no restraint and self control. There are no apparent limitations what so ever and the only law that exists is the common sense of survival. No one knows how the entire land is, which is where Marlow’s curiosity comes into place. People are always curious about what they do not know or understand. In Heart of Darkness, Africa represents the part of the human mind that we do not dare to show or understand: “ They howled and leaped, and spun, and made horrid faces”. (Conrad 44) Marlow describes the visual aspects of what the people in Africa are like. If we did not have an ego to control us and refrain us we would most likely be doing the same actions.
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