Concluding Heart of Darkness

In essence, the conclusion to Heart Of Darkness was this:
Marlow went back to Europe, and is again overcome with the feeling that he cannot relate to those around him. He gives Kurtz’ report to the “The Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs,” and the letters to Kurtz’ “intended” (fiancé?). He meets her a full year after Kurtz’ passing, and she is still in mourning. He dutifully delivers the letters and portrait, and he accidentally blurted out that he was with Kurtz during his final moments. She asks what his last words were, and he said they were her name, rather than tell her the disturbingly vague declaration that he actually made. She was satisfied with his answer, however, saying that it was something that he would say. She remembered him as a great man, but Marlow didn’t tell her the frail man that he had been reduced to. He felt disgusted with himself for lying, but failed to stop himself.Throughout the novel, you get to know the evil that is masked by civilization. The nameless narrator on board the Nellie continues narrating and speaks of the tide and the overcast, and how it lead into “…the heart of an immense darkness.”I was pleased with the ending, but I thought that it could have been better. I sort of felt robbed of a plot, since the entire story was a story being told by a nameless character, but I was satisfied with the significance of it all.
posted by Devon V