attitude of the Europeans when Marlow's aunt is seeing him for the last time before he embarks on his journey. Marlow's aunt is under the assumption that the voyage is a mission to "wean those ignorant millions from their horrid ways" (Conrad 760). In reality, however, the Europeans main objective is to earn a substantial profit by collecting all the ivory in Africa. Suspense picks up when Marlow becomes closer to meeting Kurtz. He hears Mr. Kurtz being refereed to as "that man". Although Marlow hasn't met Kurtz yet, he has heard of his greatness from the people who were in "the company" back home. He now realizes that by these men calling him "that man", they strip him of all his attributes. When one hears Kurtz, they think of a very remarkable person. These men are now, by not referring to him by his name, denying Kurtz's accomplishments. Marlow lacked this authority to name. Mr. Kurtz is the Chief of the Inner Station. He is a "universal genius, a prodigy, an emissary of pity science and progress". It is Kurtz who will teach Marlow what a name is, for one simple reason. "The man presented himself as a voice...of all his gifts, the one that stood out preeminently, that carried with it a sense of real presence, was his ability to talk, his words---the gift of expression, the bewildering, the illuminating..." (Conrad 760). Indeed, Kurtz gives Marlow everything Marlow is looking for. However, he does it in a very unconventional way. Kurtz teaches Marlow the lesson with his last words. "The horror! The horror!" (Conrad 795). These last words are Kurtz's own judgment, judgment on the life that he has lived. He has evaluated his life, and he has "pronounced a judgment upon the adventures of his soul on this earth" (Conrad 795). Marlow sees Kurtz "open his mouth wide---it gave him a weirdly voracious aspect, as though he wanted to swallow all the air, all the earth, all the men before him..." (Conrad 795)....
