This idea, popularized by narratives like Lord of the Flies, furthers the notion that society is just a thin veneer and people are just going to become animals the second civilization isn’t around to tell them what to do. Ideas like this were/are used to justify colonialism.https://twitter.com/nkjemisin/status/1259248932326170631 …
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Fair enough!
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Like the physical symbolism of it is Marlow's reaction to the raw animal sensuality of Kurtz's mistress vs the virginal virtuous beauty of its fiancée It's not subtle
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Oh yeah, that infamous trope
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