"The horror, the horror." (183)
Conrad uses this quote to symbolize a couple of different things. It shows that Kurtz may have realized that he still had some religion, and believed that he was going to hell. Another way to look at this quote, is to say that Kurtz had finally come to terms with his life. Now in the hands of death, he was able to realize all of the awful and horrible things he had done.
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Nicely put -- not sure if I'd use the word "symbolize" here though -- what other verbs could you use? It isn't wrong -- just not sure it hits the mark 100%
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