Characters.HofD


 * //Heart of Darkness// Character Chart**


 * **Part** || **Euro/African** || **character** || **description** || **Related topics** ||
 * ||  ||   || a Danish captain, Marlow's predecessor; killed in Africa when he got into a quarrel over some black hens with a village chief. || ||
 * ||  ||   || a fat white man with sandy hair and red whiskers; wears his pink pajamas tucked into his socks; cannot steer the boat || ||
 * ||  ||   || a good worker who talks to Marlow about the rivets they need; passion is pigeon flying || ||
 * ||  ||   || A native responsible for steering Marlow's boat; killed when the steamer is attacked by natives hiding on the riverbanks. || ||
 * ||  ||   || a seaman and a wanderer who follows the sea, relates the tale that makes up the bulk of the novel. || ||
 * ||  ||   || an African servant, delivers the book's famous line, ‘‘Mistah Kurtz—he dead.’’ || ||
 * ||  ||   || an efficient worker, keeps himself tidy despite the squalor surrounding him || ||
 * ||  ||   || an ivory trader who has been alone in the jungles of Africa for a long time; a dying, deranged, and power-mad subjugator of the African natives. || ||
 * ||  ||   || an organist. || ||
 * ||  ||   || bumbling, greedy agents of the Central Station; European traders who accompany Marlow into the jungle || ||
 * ||  ||   || captain and owner of //Nellie// || ||
 * ||  ||   || comes to visit Marlow after Marlow has returned from Africa; says Kurtz was a politician and an extremist || ||
 * ||  ||   || demands that Marlow turn over Kurtz's papers to him, saying the Company has the right to all information about its territories. || ||
 * ||  ||   || does secretarial work for the manager, but does not seem to make bricks || ||
 * ||  ||   || examines Marlow before his journey ; warns him above all else to keep calm and avoid irritation in the tropics. || ||
 * ||  ||   || greedy white men, whose sole purpose revolves around destroying the land to obtain money and wealth || ||
 * ||  ||   || in charge of a little sea-going steamer that takes Marlow toward the mouth of the Congo. || ||
 * ||  ||   || Kurtz’s naïve and long-suffering fiancée, whom Marlow goes to visit after Kurtz’s death || ||
 * ||  ||   || leader of the ‘‘Eldorado Exploring Expedition” || ||
 * ||  ||   || leader of the station who survives because of his excellent health || ||
 * ||  ||   || natives hired as the crew of the steamer || ||
 * ||  ||   || sit outside the outer office of the doctor || ||
 * ||  ||   || tells the reader the story Charlie Marlow told to him and three other men as they sat aboard the //Nellie // || ||
 * ||  ||   || the blanket term the white traders use to refer to all African natives, despite their differing origins. || ||
 * ||  ||   || the proud, fiercely beautiful African woman with whom Kurtz has been living while in the interior || ||
 * ||  ||   || tormented by flies at the station || ||
 * ||  ||   || young fair-skinned, beardless man with a boyish face and tiny blue eyes; wears brown clothes with bright blue, red, and yellow patches covering them; admires Kurtz || ||
 * ||  ||   || uses influence to help Marlow secure an appointment as skipper of the steamboat that will take him up the Congo River. || ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">very good at firing the boiler, for he believes evil spirits reside within and it is his job to keep the boiler from getting thirsty. || ||