In his life prior to the Congo, before greed took over, Kurtz was a well-rounded and highly admired character. He was not yet obsessed with money and ivory. After Kurtz’s death, Marlow went home and met Kurtz’s colleagues. They informed him of Kurtz’s many abilities; Kurtz was a musician, painter, and journalist. One of Kurtz’s friends from England even insisted that Kurtz was so popular and well spoken, that he should have led a radical political party. Kurtz had many different focuses and priorities, he was far from addicted. Additionally, Kurtz’s fiancé, who never knew what he was like in the Congo, deeply mourned the loss of her intended. The fiancé informed Marlow that everyone who had ever met Kurtz in England admired him, “it
