... so see where the ship was going through the night and the crewmembers began to get worried. Then the captain saw his secret friend's hat, which, by drifting in the water, helped him to discern the direction of the current and to steer the ship on course. His success gave him the respect of the crew and made him feel more confident in his ability to be a captain. The Secret Sharer's title is of ... great significance in relation to the story. The entire plot what fixed around ... the fact that once they met the captain and Leggat shared ... ...

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... parallel in themes effectively are Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Sharer, and William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The paralleled themes within these novels are quite evident, being used to portray the many faces of man and society's morality. The theme of social order can easily be seen in the novels in question. Both Victor and the Creature compromise the social order within Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Victor has a vision ... with a speed of which his debilitated form hardly appeared capable"(Shelley 87). From shrieks, to beatings and unfair attacks, the Creature re...

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... of man a beast; a savage "heart of darkness" that, from time and circumstance, rears its head for all to behold. In The Secret Sharer, author Joseph Conrad explores one man's journey into this self-discovery through the narrator's point of view, symbolism, imagery, and setting. He proves when we learn to embrace all aspects of our character; even those that may ... vessel, he is rewarded with the discovery of a newfound boldness as well as confidence, praise, and admiration of his shipmates. The Secret Sharer is a story of opposites forming a whole. Leggat was irrational, assertive, an...

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... believe is a real person. His readers think that the doppelganger is a real person, but Conrad hints that the doppelganger is not a real person. In The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad, isolation and stress at sea drive the young Captain to create a fantasized character named Leggatt who is a representation of the type of person the Captain would like to be. The experiences with Leggatt help him undergo a positive metamorphosis. Before ... the young Captain meets Leggatt, he encounters plenty of stress ... ...

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... of Queen Elizabeth I by his theatrical company, known as the Lord Chamberlain's Men. The receipt for payment, which he signed along with two fellow actors, reveals that he had by this time achieved a prominent place in the company. He was already probably a so-called sharer, a position entitling him to a percentage of the company's profits rather than merely a salary as an actor and a playwright. In time ... the profits of this company and its two theaters, the Globe Theatre, which opened in 1599, and the Blackfriars, which the company took over in 1608, enabled Shakespeare to become .....

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... Offenders have been known to make formal requests to the police agencies to return these items after their case has been adjudicated (Matkin,Oct. 26,1999). The pedophile collector falls into three general categories: closet, isolated and the sharer (Best and Luckinbill, 1992). The closet collector maintains and views his erotica in secret and does not molest children. This type of ... collector builds his collection in clandestine manner and keeps its existence a secret. Sometimes, he will maintain this collection for years without the knowledge of a live in spouse. The isolated collecto...

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... father Sir Leoline, who she claims is ill and secluded. A just punishment, perhaps, for the daughter whose birth killed her mother. With such fear and sense of loss it is not surprising that Christabel should turn her affections to a substitute, someone who is similar to herself. Like the Secret Sharer of Conrad's tale, Geraldine is initially portrayed as an empathetic being, who having undergone ... duress, emotionally appeals to her rescuer.Christabel regards the woman with almost childlike awe, and her attempts at friendship often seem to echo the overtures of a child. The conflictin...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Authors use diction to express the mood of the writing and how they feel about it. In The Secret Sharer and Other Stories the author, Joseph Conrad, uses diction to express an informed and descriptive feel. The use of formal language forms a trust in the author because of the intelligent mood it sets. Words such as opaque, elongated, and phosphorescent are definitely not used conversationally and give this excerpt a more ... official feel. The more formal words drew my attention ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School