Superego In Heart Of Darkness

In Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, the protagonist, Marlow, tells his story about his time in the uncivilized Congo. Through his passage from the coast of Africa into the heart of the Congo by way of the Outer Station, Middle Station, and finally the Inner Station, Conrad explores the Freudian concept of ego, id, and superego. Although the world in Heart of Darkness initially shows two separate cultures that cannot exist harmoniously, through Marlow’s journey into the depths of the Congo, Conrad exposes the inherent sameness of all people regardless of apparent differences.
Marlow’s introduction to the Company’s enterprises in Africa came at the Outer Station, which corresponds to the ego, where the Europeans and natives seem to be completely
While the manager is a leader in the Company, Marlow notices that his only true attribute is his ability to stay healthy. So, he is a leader because he can exist in the world they hope to change. The Middle Station embodies the id because the Company and the Congo are still separated by their behaviors but begin to blend. The Europeans at the Middle Station are still detached from the Congo, but not as distinctly as the man at the Outer Station. The intentions of the Company are also becoming more confused and unlike their pronounced motive. When the Manager talks about Kurtz, his uncle insists that the nature of the Congo may work to their advantage and kill Kurtz. In the Outer Station, the Company tries to tame and transform the Congo, but at the Middle Station, the Company begins to embrace aspects of the Congo. The focus on civilizing the Congo and gaining ivory becomes less central as the Manager accepts the world around him and scorns Kurtz’s potential methods for obtaining ivory. Subconscious worlds contain similarities regardless of culture, because some of the experiences ingrained at an early age are universal since everyone feels the same emotions. The causes of the emotions may be unique, but the memories contain the same general ideas; therefore, the id of the mind is only partly (unique for each culture, or even individual. When Marlow leaves for the Inner Station, he travels with the Manager, pilgrims, and cannibals. During the voyage, the lines separating the Europeans from the Congo begin to obscure as Marlow notices the civility of the Cannibals. The Pilgrims, who at the ego level are obviously more civilized than the natives, begin to seem more uncivil than the Cannibals. The Pilgrims throw the Cannibal’s food overboard inconsiderately, but the cannibals refrain from eating any Europeans. Also, under attack, the Cannibals