# Akím — The Power of Darkness character guide

> Akím in The Power of Darkness by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Enter Akím, Daddy Akím, Akím Excitedly

**First appearance:** 0002-act-i

## Snapshot

Nikíta's elderly father, a plain-spoken peasant whose stubborn honesty and religious scruples stand in stark contrast to his wife's scheming.

## Who they are

Akím arrives at Peter's hut to reclaim his son and see him properly married, speaking in the blunt, repetitive idiom of a man who takes God and village custom seriously. He is baffled by Matryóna's maneuvering and by Nikíta's evasions, and his presence forces the family's buried business into the open. His moral plainness shadows the play's descent, reminding everyone what a conscience sounds like.

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