In the innermost layer of the heart of darkness in Apocalypse Now resides Colonel Kurtz. When Willard finally meets him, Kurtz sees himself as a man who believes he has achieved clarity of purpose.

Perhaps Conrad’s greatest achievement in Heart of Darkness was his creation of Mr. Kurtz, a quintessential imperialist who says he wants to civilize the Congolese and who is described as “an ...

White is the color of evil in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. The horror is ivory. The coveted material fires the greed and stokes the chaos of the ...

More than a century after Heart of Darkness was first published, Joseph Conrad’s haunting novella continues to cast an immense shadow. His short masterpiece has spawned an endless stream of ...

Instead of the ‘becoming-savage’ of Kurtz in Heart of Darkness, a new type of becoming afflicts the protagonist of the song. At its core, it’s a story about a person who flees their country of origin ...

This 1979 American psychological epic war film has been dubbed the "best of all time" and is currently available to stream on Amazon Prime if you're looking for something to watch ...