1- In the second part of the novella, page 69, we learn about a report Mr Kurtz wrote for "The International Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs".
a- What do you think of the choice of name for the Society?
b- What may this be alluding to?
c- What about the four words Kurtz scrawled at the bottom of his report?
2- About Mr Kurtz, the narrator writes that "The thing was to know what he belonged to, how many powers of darkness claimed him for their own"
page 67.
3- DWill wrote:
Achebe may also be right about Kurtz being a hollow figure and in no way worthy of the awe that Marlow shows for him. Big deal, Kurtz goes nuts and loses all his fine principles. He ends up a mass murderer who may discover what a bad character he was upon his own death. Marlow tells us over and over about Kurtz's effect on him, but he does little showing of Kurtz's supposed magnificence. It's hard to see any tragic quality in Kurtz that would so affect Marlow. In that regard, the book may not be even the complete artistic success it is reputed to be.