<P> However , over the course of his stay in Africa , Kurtz becomes corrupted . He takes his pamphlet and scribbles in , at the very end , the words `` Exterminate all the brutes ! '' He induces the natives to worship him , setting up rituals and venerations worthy of a tyrant . By the time Marlow , the protagonist , sees Kurtz , he is ill with jungle fever and almost dead . Marlow seizes Kurtz and endeavors to take him back down the river in his steamboat . Kurtz dies on the boat with the last words , `` The horror ! The horror ! '' Kurtz ultimately was changed by the jungle . At first he wanted to bring civilization to the natives , as his painting shows , but in the end he changed to wanting to `` exterminate all the brutes ! '' </P>
<P> However , over the course of his stay in Africa , Kurtz becomes corrupted . He takes his pamphlet and scribbles in , at the very end , the words `` Exterminate all the brutes ! '' He induces the natives to worship him , setting up rituals and venerations worthy of a tyrant . By the time Marlow , the protagonist , sees Kurtz , he is ill with jungle fever and almost dead . Marlow seizes Kurtz and endeavors to take him back down the river in his steamboat . Kurtz dies on the boat with the last words , `` The horror ! The horror ! '' Kurtz ultimately was changed by the jungle . At first he wanted to bring civilization to the natives , as his painting shows , but in the end he changed to wanting to `` exterminate all the brutes ! '' </P>
how did kurtz die in the heart of darkness
how did kurtz die in the heart of darkness
jungle fever
jungle fever