How would the story be different if Marlow had given in to the "heart of darkness " which lies within us all and had chosen the well-traveled path? Choice 2How did Marlow choose the path "less traveled by " with his choice of Kurtz as his nightmare?

In Joseph Conrad's novel, Heart of Darkness, a year after his return to Belgium, Marlow gives the packet of papers to the person for whom they were intended, Kurtz's fiancée, who mourns his loss, saying he was such a remarkable man, such a good man. "Men looked up to him-his goodness shone in his every act." When she asks Marlow about Kurtz's last moments, he lies: "The last word he pronounced was-your name."