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in joseph conrad's text "Heart of Darkness," the narrator describes the villain of this novel, Kurtz, in his final few moments as:

"did he live his life again in every detail of desire, temptation, and surrender during that supreme moment of complete knowledge?"

Kurtz's final line is "the horror! the horror!"

there is a theory that kurtz dies due to his final understanding of the evils and true darkness of humanity, could this somewhat be related to the idea in KiY that truths about humanity shatter the human mind? and is there a chance that Conrad took inspiration?

keep in mind: Heart of Darkness (1899), KiY (1895)

hi not sure if anyone will even be able to answer this but anyways

in joseph conrad's text "Heart of Darkness," the narrator describes the villain of this novel, Kurtz, in his final few moments as:

"did he live his life again in every detail of desire, temptation, and surrender during that supreme moment of complete knowledge?"

Kurtz's final line is "the horror! the horror!"

there is a theory that kurtz dies due to his final understanding of the evils and true darkness of humanity, could this somewhat be related to the idea in KiY that truths about humanity shatter the human mind? and is there a chance that Conrad took inspiration?

keep in mind: Heart of Darkness (1899), KiY (1895)