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What Does Heart Of Darkness Symbolize Evil

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In this novel, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Conrad starts this part of the reading off by mentioning Marlow going to go see Kurtz and go to the station by traveling through the Congo River with a few other people. Marlow thinks that Kurtz is ill so he starts his journey to go see him and go to his station. While reading this, I thought that the darkness symbolizes evilness again in this novel. When Marlow and a few other people were traveling to the station, everything starts to get foggy and Marlow hears loud noises. Later on, the pilgrims start shooting. The sudden fog while on their journey represents that evil will come further in the story. Here, the fog had lead to the pilgrims shooting and the death of the African Helmsman. While
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