“The horror! The horror!" (p.179). These famous last words spoken by Mr. Kurtz before his death in Joseph Conrad's The Heart of Darkness say many things about who he is and what happened in the book. This horror is not just a way for the reader to look into a different time and place, but also a way to reflect on life today. Heart of Darkness tells of Marlow, a steamboat captain, who recounts his experiences on the Congo River to a man. other group of men in a much later period. His story in the Congo begins with him being commissioned as captain of his steamboat and then leaving shortly thereafter to begin his journey up the river many different people and sees many horrible places, including. Likewise, everyone has a certain sense of morality, whatever their background, and will often continue to go against their morals, even if they know they shouldn't example to Kurtz, while he is suffering and about to die, the last words he manages to say are “How horrible! How horrible!” (page 178). These few but powerful words demonstrate that Kurtz knew that what he had done was cruel and wrong, but that was not all that required a cry of horror. It was also the awareness of his own cruelty, but he didn't care. He continued with his practices. Marlow could see this when he said: “It [Kurtz's cry] was an affirmation, a moral victory paid for with innumerable defeats, with abominable terrors, with abominable satisfactions. But it was the victory!” (page 179). This same truth was stated by Paul in Romans: For I do not understand my own doings. Because I don't do what I want, but I do exactly what I hate. Now, if I do what I don't want, I agree with the law, which is fine. So now it is no longer me who does it, but the sin that lives in me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. Because I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to make it happen. Because I don't do the good I want, but the bad I don't want is what I continue to do