Conrad's Characters

Group (Character): David Keith, Robert Vaters, Christopher Flemming, Phillip Wertheimer

Savages: As presented by their name, the savages represent an inferior group of people, looked down upon by most likely whites, such as their captain, Marlowe. Also, to exagerate and inforce their inferiority, Conrad periodically, especially in section 1, expresses, and describes them using shapes, often referring to them as acute: a direct expression concerning their inferiority.

Marlowe: We periodically are acquainted with the fact that Marlowe seems to be telling this story for himself. One can infer that underneath his status as captain, ultimately superior to the savages, that he would not only be telling the story for himself, but rather, whether they like it or not, for the others. However, as he is not being received by the other members, one can assume his status is a false notion of superiority. This is reinforced by the fact that all the description and information of Marlowe comes directly from Marlowe, implying the fact that he may not be recognized and or respected by his subordinates. He may be interested in seeing the science of himself, but as set up, or framed by conrad, no one else really cares.