Heart of Darkness and Freud Presentation

“Civilization describes the whole sum of the achievements and regulations which distinguish our lives from those of our animal ancestors and which serve two purposes-namely, to protect men against nature and to adjust their mutual relations.” Freud establishes the idea that man's animalism is what controls desire and fear. This forest type ideal turns men into barbarians and unsociable wolf men who can not be what we understand today to be "normal". This idea is similar to how Conrad carves Marlows journey as we see through Marlows eyes that the men he surrounds himself are emotionless fiends who do not care for anyone but themselves and their greed, the only feeling they really have. This makes Freud’s research of the unconscious and Conrad’s journey into darkness is remarkably similar. This combo of darkness is shown in the image we have at the bottom that shows man breaking away from the beastly desires of darkness but obviously not an easy "journey"