Lord Jim

by

Joseph Conrad

Rajah Allang Character Analysis

Rajah Allang is a greedy, dirty-looking Malay man who tries to impose his control over the Bugis people of Patusan. While Doramin, Patusan’s leader, is a noble leader who remains steady despite his old age, Rajah Allang is a coward who wants to dominate people with arbitrary displays of power—but who gets scared at the slightest threat to his own authority. The Rajah imprisons Jim when he first arrives in Patusan, but eventually the two reach an uneasy working relationship. Arguably, Rajah Allang is a stereotyped caricature without much depth to him, although his inability to overcome his own cowardice provides an interesting parallel to Jim’s own struggles with cowardice.

Rajah Allang Quotes in Lord Jim

The Lord Jim quotes below are all either spoken by Rajah Allang or refer to Rajah Allang. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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).
Chapter 25 Quotes

‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard. “Filthy place, isn’t it?”’

Related Characters: Jim (speaker), Marlow (speaker), Doramin, Rajah Allang
Related Symbols: Patusan
Page Number: 189
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Chapter 26 Quotes

‘Doramin was one of the most remarkable men of his race I had ever seen. His bulk for a Malay was immense, but he did not look merely fat; he looked imposing, monumental. This motionless body, clad in rich stuffs, coloured silks, gold embroideries; this huge head, enfolded in a red-and-gold headkerchief; the flat, big, round face, wrinkled, furrowed, with two semicircular heavy folds starting on each side of wide, fierce nostrils, and enclosing a thick-lipped mouth; the throat like a bull; the vast corrugated brow overhanging the staring proud eyes—made a whole that, once seen, can never be forgotten. His impassive repose (he seldom stirred a limb when once he sat down) was like a display of dignity.’

Related Characters: Marlow (speaker), Jim, Doramin, Rajah Allang
Related Symbols: Patusan
Page Number: 196
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Rajah Allang Quotes in Lord Jim

The Lord Jim quotes below are all either spoken by Rajah Allang or refer to Rajah Allang. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Fantasy vs. Reality Theme Icon
).
Chapter 25 Quotes

‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard. “Filthy place, isn’t it?”’

Related Characters: Jim (speaker), Marlow (speaker), Doramin, Rajah Allang
Related Symbols: Patusan
Page Number: 189
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 26 Quotes

‘Doramin was one of the most remarkable men of his race I had ever seen. His bulk for a Malay was immense, but he did not look merely fat; he looked imposing, monumental. This motionless body, clad in rich stuffs, coloured silks, gold embroideries; this huge head, enfolded in a red-and-gold headkerchief; the flat, big, round face, wrinkled, furrowed, with two semicircular heavy folds starting on each side of wide, fierce nostrils, and enclosing a thick-lipped mouth; the throat like a bull; the vast corrugated brow overhanging the staring proud eyes—made a whole that, once seen, can never be forgotten. His impassive repose (he seldom stirred a limb when once he sat down) was like a display of dignity.’

Related Characters: Marlow (speaker), Jim, Doramin, Rajah Allang
Related Symbols: Patusan
Page Number: 196
Explanation and Analysis: