The nature of man, is he born evil or do events make him evil? I think Heart of Darkness describes of man is turned evil by events.
I think this is why the doctor wanted to measure Marlow's head. He wanted to see if the jungle and what it brought would turn him.
I think the author also shows this by Marlow and Kurtz. These men were changed from what they saw. Marlow saw the "darkness" of the jungle and he heard it's call. He's seen many things to create change within him as did Kurtz, they both saw men butchered, but they still didn't turn evil. Kurtz was changed from the jungle as was Marlow, but they weren't turned evil.
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