# Second Engineer — The Hairy Ape character guide

> Second Engineer in The Hairy Ape by Eugene O’Neill.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Second Engineer Miss Douglas, Second Engineer

**First appearance:** 0004-scene-ii

## Who they are

The ship's officer who escorts Mildred to the stokehole.

## Relationships

### [Yank](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hairy_ape_se/characters/yank)

_professional_

The Second Engineer is Yank's direct superior in the ship's engine room, representing authority and class conflict.

### [Aunt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hairy_ape_se/characters/aunt)

_social_

The aunt and Second Engineer share a class-based alliance, discussing the lower classes with disdain.

### [Yank](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hairy_ape_se/characters/yank)

_professional_

The Second Engineer is Yank's direct superior in the ship's engine room, representing authority and class conflict.

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