Montgomery

Doctor Moreau

Moreau is Montgomery's employer and master, with Montgomery acting as his reluctant but loyal assistant on the island.

The Captain

Montgomery and the captain are openly hostile, with the captain mocking Montgomery's past and drinking.

The Beast Folk

Montgomery oversees and manages the Beast Folk, acting as their keeper and enforcer of Moreau's rules.

The Kanakas

Montgomery commands the Kanakas as laborers on the island, maintaining a distant and authoritative relationship.

Edward Prendick

Montgomery and Prendick share a bond of mutual survival and isolation, though Montgomery's loyalty to Moreau strains it.

Mister Shut

Mister Shut is a Beast Folk servant who interacts with Montgomery as part of the island's enforced hierarchy.

Lady Vain

Montgomery was a passenger on the Lady Vain before being rescued by Moreau, a shared history with Prendick.

Edward Prendick

Prendick and Montgomery develop a cautious camaraderie as fellow castaways and reluctant inhabitants of the island.

The Captain

Montgomery and the captain are openly hostile, with the captain mocking Montgomery's past and drinking.

Doctor Moreau

Moreau is Montgomery's employer and master, with Montgomery acting as his reluctant but loyal assistant on the island.

Doctor Moreau

Moreau is Montgomery's employer and master, with Montgomery acting as his reluctant but loyal assistant on the island.

The Beast Folk

Montgomery oversees and manages the Beast Folk, acting as their keeper and enforcer of Moreau's rules.

The Island of Doctor Moreau

Moreau's assistant, who plays a key role in the island's operations.

II: The Man Who Was Going Nowhere

Flaxen-haired medical man who rescues and tends to Prendick; evasive about his island destination.

III: The Strange Face

Defends the black-faced man from the captain's abuse and quarrels with the captain over the treatment of his attendant.

At the Schooner's Rail

Reticent about his purpose; speaks nostalgically of London; hints at a past indiscretion that exiled him; produces cigars and talks with Prendick.

The Man Who Had Nowhere to Go

Present during the altercation but powerless to help Prendick; assists in unloading goods into the launch.

VI: The Evil-Looking Boatmen

Steers the launch; rescues Prendick; warns him the island is a 'rum place'; releases rabbits onto the island.

VII: The Locked Door

Montgomery shows Prendick to his room and locks the inner door, acting as a gatekeeper to the enclosure's mysteries.

VIII: The Crying of the Puma

Lunches with Prendick, feigns ignorance about the attendant's ears, and shows ill-concealed irritation at the puma's screams.

XI: The Hunting of the Man

Attempts to lock Prendick in his room; chases after him but loses him.

XII: The Sayers of the Law

Follows Moreau with a revolver, shouting for Prendick to run.

XIII: A Parley

Montgomery supports Moreau's efforts to calm Prendick, calling him a 'silly ass' and urging him to come ashore. He cracks his whip to control the beast folk.

Doctor Moreau Explains

Absent from the conversation, but referenced by Moreau as having reacted similarly to Prendick when first learning the truth.

XV: Concerning the Beast Folk

Explains the Beast Folk's hypnotic limitations, the Law, and their nocturnal tendencies; shows a complex attitude toward the creatures, treating M'ling with both affection and cruelty.

XVI: How the Beast Folk Taste Blood

Leads Prendick across the island, discovers the dead rabbit, and joins the pursuit of the leopard-man.

XVII: A Catastrophe

Shows concern for Moreau's safety; pursues the puma and later returns with M'ling, reporting the Beast Folk's violent behavior and his own injuries.

XVIII: The Finding of Moreau

Drunk and sullen, but cooperates in the search; is attacked and nearly killed, but survives.

XIX: Montgomery’s Bank Holiday

Drinks heavily, gives brandy to the Beast Folk, burns the boats, and is killed in a struggle.

Alone with the Beast Folk

Dead; Prendick orders his body cast into the sea.

XXI: The Reversion of the Beast Folk

Not directly present but referenced as dead; Prendick mentions the Ipecacuanha's expected return.