rtz and the visit Marlow makes a year later to the Intended, as she is called, Kurtz's fiancée. Imagery of light and dark is used to contrast ideas in the work, and the scenes with the Intended fit this pattern. Through most of the story, darkness is used as a background for the journey and as a representation of shadings of the human soul, but the scene with the Intended is different because it is filled with light, surrounding her with imagery indicating innocence and goodness. She dresses in the black of mourning, which for her adds to her angelic nature even as it raises the image of black against white. Marlow is always the moralist, and his place in the novel is superior in understanding to that of his audience on the deck. He also understands the contrast between the good of the Intended and the evil into which Kurtz has fallen. When Marlow returns from his journey, he lies to the Intended. Marlow makes this
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