Abstract
Marlow and Kurtz, the two lead characters in Conrad’s The Heart of Darkness,
are alike and at the same time dissimilar in quite a few respects. They symbolize
what Jung would call the Persona and the Shadow respectively: the former
enables one to align and realign themselves with the changes in the environment
to make themselves socially acceptable. The latter, on the other hand, is the dark
and unwanted aspect of one’s personality that one wants to suppress. Marlow’s
voyage from Europe to Africa is a journey into the unconscious. The unconscious
according to Jung is where the Shadow resides. Interaction with the Shadow
starts the process of individuation which essentially is the integration of the
Shadow into the conscious. Instead of turning our back on the Shadow, we accept
it as part of our personality.
Muhammad Yousaf Khan, Nasir Jamal Khattak. (2020) Taming of the Monster: Marlow’s Shadow in Heart of Darkness, The Dialogue, Volume 15, Issue 1.
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