and Mr.

Kurtz has been presented to us in such a manner that he appears to us a very

complex personality whom it is not easy to understand or define. Till the end, Mr. Kurtz
remains an enigma or a mysterious individual about whom we keep thinking a good deal
even after we have ended our reading of the novel. The character of Mr. Kurtz illustrates
several ideas; and Mr. Kurtz therefore becomes a symbolic figure in our eyes.

Symbolic of the Greed and Commercial Mentality of Westerners

First of all, Mr. Kurtz symbolizes the western man’s greed and commercial mentality.
The Congo was in those days valued by the