Insanity In Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness

When Marlow tries speaking to his crew about the situation, they think he went mad with fear and show no emotion, remaining apathetic. The madness of losing emotions resulted from the colonial administration, as the many dangerous situations force the crew into an apathetic state. The natives loom over them with the ability to kill them at any time, and since those situations exist as a part of a colonist’s life, the colonialism drove the men to apathy and therefore madness. When the situation dies down and the ship flows down the river calmly, Marlow thinks about the lack of civilization in the Congo, saying, “how can you imagine what particular region of the first ages a man's untrammelled feet may take him into by the way of solitude - utter