Heart+of+Darkness+-+the+characters

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 * Characters || Information || Evidence/Quotations || What It Reveals about their Character ||
 * Charlie Marlow || He is an Englishman and he has a assignment with a trading company.

He is the protagonist of the story, telling the tales of his life.

Marlow is very detailed in his tales and is characterized by the unnamed narrator as a bit loquacious﻿...

Marlow is depicted as being philosophical, and skeptical in general. Though a lot of his skepticism is based on his experiences and knowledge of imperialism.

Even though the sailors may not agree with his philosophies they do not contradict him either as a sign of fear or respect.

Possibly looked up to, by the narrator

Marlow is a seaman and a wanderer. In the beginning of the book he tells his childhood stories and talks about the Romans.

An old seaman whose experiences began with his curious and adventurous childhood imaginings.  A bit of an eccentric amongst his fellow sailors

 || "And this also," said Marlow suddenly, "has been one of the dark places of the earth."

﻿The story starts off with a framed narration of Marlow, as he starts to tell the unknown narrator as well as the other men on board the boat about his tales. "T he stories seamen tell are simple and direct. They reveal their meaning as easily as a shell reveals its nut. But Marlow was different, though he sure liked to tell a tale. To him, the meaning of a story was not like a nut that could be easily removed from its shell. To Marlow, the point of a story was the shell itself—the narration."

"Since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others. They grabbed what they could get for the sake of what was to be got. It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale." - //pg 10 penguin edition// "What redeems it is the idea only...and an unselfish belief in the idea" - //pg 10 penguin edition//

"It was just like Marlow. It was accepted in silence. No one took the trouble to grunt even." - //pg 8 penguin edition//

"He had sunken cheeks, a yellow complexion, a straight back, an ascetic aspect, and, with his arms dropped, the palms of hands outwards, **resembled an idol**" - //pg 6 penguin edition//

<span style="color: #ed611c; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Mentions of colonialism by Marlow: "they were not colonists; they grabbed what they could get; it was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale."

"Now when i was a little chap i had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration" Kindle location 85-95 (5%) //The Project Gutenberg Ebook// //edition//

"The worst that could be said of him was that he did not represent his class." Kindle location 42-49 (2%) //The Project Gutenberg Ebook edition// || <span style="color: #800070; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Marlow is probably used to being by himself (A loner) - having only him to be his companion with so many people in the novel, and anyone not shown hating him. He has had to grow on his own. With growing up by himself, he may have become quite gloomy and mysterious.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">As mentioned before Marlow is depicted as being quite a skeptic, although what might promote his skeptic philosophies is his own past ex perience with colonialism which may suggests his harsh background. He's probably very brave and/or determined

Again the fear or respect of Marlow may be a contribution of the other sailors experiences with him. He's no ordinary sailor, his opinions may differ from others of his profession or anyone at the time ||
 * Mr. Kurtz || <span style="color: #800070; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">He is a ivory trader and is a well known character in the area.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">﻿He is the chief of the Inner Station and also a very respected character. || <span style="color: #800070; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">"essentially a great musician," a journalist, a skilled painter and "a universal genius".

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">" 'The chief of the Inner Station,' he answered in a short tone, looking away." <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">" 'My dear sir,' said the fellow, 'I don't want to be misunderstood and especially by you, who will see Mr. Kurtz long before i can have that pleasure. I wouldn't like him to get a false idea of my disposition...' " ||  ||