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The author of this paper asserts that despite Conrad’s continued emphasis of the similarities between the captain and Leggatt, these characters are really more complimentary than similar. The conclusion is reached that both their fates and their backgrounds are completely disparate. Even the manners in which the captain and Leggatt acknowledge their own weaknesses are more complimentary of each other than they are similar. Leggatt has learned to live with his shortcomings, even to come to terms with himself. The captain, on the other hand, is almost always in a perpetual state of self doubt. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Joseph Conrad is known not only for his captivating tales of the sea but also for the complex relationships between characters
which he entwines in each of his stories. One of the most interesting of these relationships is that which unfolds between the captain and Leggatt in "The Secret Sharer".
The captain refers to Leggatt as his double throughout the story but in actuality the two characters are not really as similar as they are complimentary.
To understand the relationship Conrad weaves between the captain and Leggatt it is necessary to recognize that this relationship is quite probably not one woven out
of literary imagination. Indeed, Conrad spent some twenty years on the sea between 1874 and 1894 and is likely to have observed, and quite possibly participated in, several such
complex interpersonal relationships. He is even suspected of having participated in such adventuresome activities as gun running on the Spanish coast. Such real-life experiences are obvious influences on
such novels as "The Secret Sharer" and the relationship it details between the captain and Leggatt. Although "The Secret Sharer" was
not written until 1909, some thirteen years after his last sea voyage, it is considered one of Conrads most personal tales relating to his time on the sea. It
is said to have been spawned after the visit of an old sea friend, Captain Morris, a man who still lived the seafaring life which had occupied Conrads earlier years.
The visit rekindled memories of Conrads days on the sea and inspired his creation of the captain and Leggatt. Characteristically, however, Conrad endowed these characters and the events
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