Both the Congo and the Congo river, bring forth the darkness in the minds of the European colonizers as they begin to lose their moralities followed by their spiral towards insanity. The presence of the darkness has always been there buried in the depths of the human mind, but the idea of rules has oppressed/stifled this darkness that became know through the actions of imperialism brought about by a lack of rules and an easy justification of their actions. This abandonment of morality that we pay witness to throughout the novel, is most prevalent in Kurtz because he’s this man who wears multiple façades in order to please multiple people, when in reality Kurtz has never really known himself. Kurtz’s lack of knowing his real self, makes it significantly easier for him to abandon his morals and throw himself wholeheartedly into the idea of imperializing of the Congo, the Congo river, and the people live within it. The idea of imperialism brought many others with similar ideas as Kurtz which opened the doors for a free for all in Africa and leads to things like Kurtz’s”unsound method” and his overall treatment of the natives. This sudden lack of moralities functions as the seed to create and later justify/defend the use of master morality in Africa, as Nietzsche would view the idea of
Both the Congo and the Congo river, bring forth the darkness in the minds of the European colonizers as they begin to lose their moralities followed by their spiral towards insanity. The presence of the darkness has always been there buried in the depths of the human mind, but the idea of rules has oppressed/stifled this darkness that became know through the actions of imperialism brought about by a lack of rules and an easy justification of their actions. This abandonment of morality that we pay witness to throughout the novel, is most prevalent in Kurtz because he’s this man who wears multiple façades in order to please multiple people, when in reality Kurtz has never really known himself. Kurtz’s lack of knowing his real self, makes it significantly easier for him to abandon his morals and throw himself wholeheartedly into the idea of imperializing of the Congo, the Congo river, and the people live within it. The idea of imperialism brought many others with similar ideas as Kurtz which opened the doors for a free for all in Africa and leads to things like Kurtz’s”unsound method” and his overall treatment of the natives. This sudden lack of moralities functions as the seed to create and later justify/defend the use of master morality in Africa, as Nietzsche would view the idea of