Joseph Conrad

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Joseph Conrad

• Heart of Darkness The Secret Sharer

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DoppelgangerA ghostly counterpart or double of
a living person
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The Double

• A device whereby a character is self-duplicated,
  as in the case of Leggatt and the Captain in
  Conrads The Secret Sharer, or divided into two
  distinct, usually antithetical, personalities, as
  in Stevensons The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and
  Mr. Hyde, which objectifies the internal struggle
  of good against evil (primal self).

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The Double
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ENEMY
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Doubling by Division

• The counterpart represents one facet of the
  character, customarily spiritual or psychological
  in nature
• The counterpart can personify ones demonic
  counterpart
• Alter ego Dark and light

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Trivia

• Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was convinced
  he had a doppelganger?

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Carl Jung, Tool, and the Shadow