But do you know-I never liked him.”Ĭonrad uses few words yet provides much information. He looked very smart, very gentlemanly and all that. “His people had some interest with my owners.Conrad himself spent years at sea and realistically conveys its many moods. Leggatt describes the sea to the Captain explaining how conditions were on the stormy night the crewman died and when he subsequently took control of the crew in an attempt to save the ship. “It wasn’t a heavy sea it was a sea gone mad! I suppose the end of the world will be something like it.” P.One of the many references in which Conrad writes of Leggatt as the Captain’s double or his other self. “As we stood leaning over my bed-place, leaning side by side, whispering side by side, with our dark heads together and our backs to the door, anybody bold enough to open it stealthily would have been treated to the uncanny sight of a double captain busy talking in whispers to his other self.”.This suggests that Leggatt is indeed the Captain’s double. It was in the night as through I had been faced with my own reflection in the depths of a somber and immense mirror.”įacing Leggatt, the Captain realizes just how much they look alike, and feels like he is looking in a mirror. “The shadowy dark head, like mine, seemed to nod imperceptibly above the ghostly gray of my sleeping suit.The fearful captain wonders whether he will ever be able to live up not only to his crew’s expectations but the enormously high expectations he has set for himself.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |