Heart of Darkness
Find this description and state what you think the sketch could possibly symbolize.
By this point, Marlow is negative about the whole business operation. To him, it represents inefficiency, greed, and exploitation. Then he notices a small oil sketch which the agent tells him was painted by Kurtz. Critics suggest that this painting symbolizes Kurtz’s felling about the company’s work in Africa. Find this description and state what you think the sketch could possibly symbolize.