Heart of Darkness characters
He is one of the most visible characters in the novel. He is a seaman with a healthy obsession with Africa. The man is different from the others people and lives in his specific world. Being a young boy, he had a desire to explore the places that nobody visited and one day he finally stood on the...
Being one of the most significant characters of the novel, Kurtz is a despot and strongly insults values accepted by others. Everybody is afraid of him except Marlow who is obsessed by him. The tyrant has a similar willing as Marlow to travel around Africa. However, his desire has a specific aim...
The Manager personifies the Company that is represented by him in the Congo. He is struggling to protect his position as he was sure Kurtz wanted to steal it from him. The Manager is a professional liar and did all possible not to let the despot reach the Inner Station. Marlow doesn’t...
The Brickmaker is a useless member of the ship team despite on his strong name. The only thing he did was waiting for the brick that wasn’t coming. Marlow is working hard on the board, and the Brickmaker’s doing nothing that irritates him. The seaman doesn’t like this lazy worker...
The Harlequin is a Russian Kurtz follower who was given his name for his amazing clothes made with patches of different colors. That was Marlow who gave him such name. Harlequin is pictured as a clown in the strange motley dress and is served as a court jester for his instructor. The boy should be...
The Intended is a Kurtz’s fiancée who was named so for her devotion to him. She is obsessed with the image created by the man, not by his reality. The Intended is a symbol of the typical European who is struggling to believe in the majesty of such men like Kurtz and close the eyes on...