"If Veidt truly engineering third World War, we are approaching heart of darkness." (Chapt. 11, Page 3, Panel 2)
Rorschach alludes to the Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, when approaching Veidt in Karnak. People idolize Veidt, considering him the perfect being, while he plots their murder. People in Heart of Darkness build Kurtz's character up to a God like stature, but he is in fact insane and without European morals. When Marlow finally reaches Kurtz, he is insane and going against what many believe is morally correct. Veidt is like Kurtz because he is going against common morals. He also reads the future via television screens, like "the shamanistic tradition of dividing randomly scattered goat innards" (Chapt. 11, Page 2, Panel 1), which is a tribal action.
~Conrad." 01 Apr. 2009
televisions--telescreens -- hearts of darkness -- hmmmm-- could I have chosen our titles on purpose?
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