In the novel Heart of Darkness
Kurtz's cries out, “oh the
horror the horror” in reaction to the darkness he perceives in
humanity. Similarly, McMurphy, the protagonist in the story One
Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, realizes
that nurse Ratched symbolizes this same darkness. Nurse Ratched digs
down and embeds her unpleasant personality into the men; rendering
them lifeless and afraid of her. When Kurtz references the horror it
is the elements around him that affect his life. Whereas McMurphy
sees the horror in the way the nurse humiliates the men and
manipulates them to do whatever she says. She may not seem like a
terrible person on the outside because of her perfect looks and her
friendly smile but what everyone in the ward already knows is that
her core is tainted and evil just like Kurtz recognized that at the
heart of all humanity, lies darkness. .
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