... duality. On one hand, there is the persona that we set forth. Men strive piously for goals of acceptance; of good; of justice; of morality. However there lies dormant within the heart 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 prove dangerous, humans ... confidence, p...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... physically, mentally and emotionally. There are more dangers at the sea than just the sea itself. Joseph Conrad includes a doppelganger, Leggatt, of the young Captain that many 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 posit...

• Word Count: 1055
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... 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 conflicting chara...

• Word Count: 1198
• Approx Pages: 5
• 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 to the importance of the setting separating it from the ... ...

• Word Count: 423
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School