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Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad Main Characters Marlow - Young man who decides that it would be exiting to travel into Africa hunting bone and does so by taking the place of a dead steamboat captain. Kurts - noteworthy man among the ivory seekers who has lived and hunted on the untainted for a date and has exploited the savages becoming much like a savage himself. Russian fool - Man who is known by his clothes with many coloured patches making him look much like a harlequin. He workings with Kurtz who proves to be poor company for him. The Intended - Kurtzs bride to be who at the end of the book still thinks that Kurtz was the great man that she remembered him to be and Marlow doesnt have the heart to tell her otherwise. Minor Characters Helmsman - Man who steers the steamboat nevertheless goes away from the wheel to fight the savages only to be killed by an arrow. comptroller - Accountant who takes care of the money matters for Kurtz and has lived on the continent for thre e historic period trying to keep his civilized nature. Settings Central Station - This is the station where Marlow meets the controller and observes the way the whites do nothing only exploit the blacks to do wasted labor. Inner Station - This is the station where Kurtz works and where Marlow finds him being worshipped by the savages. Thames River - Marlow tells his story to various people here. Plot Marlow sits at the Thames River in the even out with several other people and begins telling the story about how he entered into the dark continent out of nowhere. No one wants to listen but he continues anyway. Marlow expressed a desire to go to Africa to his Aunt who got him a position as a captain of a steamboat of an ivory company. The foregoing captain Freslaven died in a scuffle with the natives and Marlow took his place. A few geezerhood later, Marlow travels to Africa and gets to the first station where he meets the accountant who keeps track of the funds in Kurtzs compan y. The man is interesting to Marlow since hes been on the continent for three years, yet he keeps himself clean and well dressed. Marlow finds the blacks being gravely treated and ordered to do meaningless work by the whites.