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Week 12 Discussion

Week 12 discussion

Q Explore the concept of “savagery” in this text. Who and what constitutes savagery? What does it mean to be civilized? What does Kurtz represent to Marlow? Why does Marlow want to meet Kurtz? What does Marlow learn from his meeting with Kurtz?

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The concept of savagery has been presented directly in Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness. The Whites always believed that the Africans were savages and needed to be civilized.