He finds Kurtz’s unusual activities position him outside the norms of the Old Continent: in his remote, jungle outpost he acts like a cruel demigod, accepting worship from locals and functioning in a ...

"What then?" I asked. "Oh Kurtz will be fine, Mister Kurtz." Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter. The Harvard Crimson The University Daily, Est. 1873 ...

As Marlow tells us in Heart of Darkness, 'All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz': 'His mother was half-English, his father was half-French' (117). We are not told what the other halves were, ...

Based on Joseph Conrad's novel, Marlow, captains a leaky steamboat up the River Congo in search of a mysterious figure named Kurtz who has carved out a brutal kingdom in which he has power of life ...

Taylor took inspiration from Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness, wherein a rogue officer continues to fight a war - after peace had been declared. Captain Maxwell is the Kurtz character ...