of course his last words were about me. i mean.. look at me

The very end of the story, Marlow is back in Europe and his hardened but the darkness. He is not taken over by the darkness, and dark himself, but it still has effected him. He no longer has the European mindset that everything he does he is helping or that his way is the most superior. He no longer has an idealistic view about everything that happens. He is annoyed with people that think that everything is perfect or that what they are doing is perfect. He doesn’t know why people can’t see things the way that he does now. These people have never really met anyone who thinks like Marlow does because not many people come back from the darkness. Marlow goes to see the Intended and she is also of the European mindset and is still in mourning over Kurtz. Marlow just tells her what she wants to hear about Kurtz’s final words because he doesn’t want to deal with her and her thought process. Marlow explains that the darkness of the room and the shadows are creeping in on her. She will be no longer innocent soon enough.