When Does the Helmsman Die?

Unfortunately, the helmsman dies after he is struck by a spear, which hits him directly in the ribs. When Marlow is on his way to see Kurtz, surrounding natives begin to fire arrows at his boat.

How does helmsman die in Heart of Darkness?

How does Marlow's helmsman die? He is killed and eaten by the cannibals. He is shot by an angry pilgrim. He is impaled on a spear thrown from the riverbank.

What were the helmsman final words?

When she asks about Kurtz's final words, Marlow lies: “your name,” he tells her. Marlow's story ends there. Heart of Darkness itself ends as the narrator, one of Marlow's audience, sees a mass of brooding clouds gathering on the horizon—what seems to him to be “heart of an immense darkness.”