Men lie

When left unchecked, all built up respression breaks down. On a long enough timeline, every man is susceptible to the morally degrading nature of the lawlessness. Conrad's Heart of Darkness illustrates this principle through such an esteemed man as Kurtz. The Darkness is what causes this moral degradation. Darkness is more abstract of a concept than lack of light however and stems its strength from the unknowing it wraps the mind in. A reoccuring symbol throughout the novella, darkness not only represents what we fear but also what we fear we will fear. Darkness gives people a rational to abandon all preconcieved notions of right and wrong and adopt whatever the situation seems to require. The difference between our desires and our actions could not be greater and the Darkness is the perfect realm for the id to reveal whom it really is.