These are the last words that Kurtz spoke before he died. These words showed that he had actually realized what he had done and he regretted it. Leading up to his death, all he seemed to speak of was how he had to get more ivory and everything that he had control over. It might be possible that the exact moment that he spoke these words was when he realized that the horror he caused in Africa would be the horror he would face in his afterlife (in hell). This quote fits the theme of power and corruption because Kurtz desire for power led him to be corrupt and at the end he had to pay for his actions.
