Essay Idea

My essay idea for Heart of Darkness deals with Marlow's psychological journey into his subconscious. I plan to utilize symbols such as the river and the jungle to further reveal his hypnosis and ultimate obsession of Kurtz. Like Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby who puts Gatsby on a pedestal, Marlow also idealizes Kurtz to the point where he sees no flaws or mistakes made by Kurtz. I want to use all of these aspects of Conrad's Heart of Darkness to fully capture Marlow's inability to control his subconscious when put into such a foreign, chaotic, and wild land.