This particular poem is about a corsair, or pirate, named Conrad who is one Lord Byron's own Byronic heroes. ... The three Byronic characteristics that Branwell, Rochester and Heathcliff share are their want for a woman they can't have, their proneness to being moody and their dark secrets that have occurred because of their isolated travels. ... One Byronic characteristic Rochester, Heathcliff and Branwell share is their love for a woman they can't have. ... The secret keeping Heathcliff from being with his love is death, or so he assumes. ... Their want for a love that is fo...

• Word Count: 1421
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There, like a lover rushing to a secret tryst, she encounters the mysterious Geraldine. ... 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. ... When they both share the secret of Geraldine's shame, they have become one being. ...

• Word Count: 1198
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Coppola created this film with "ambitious effort to show Vietnam as America's Heart of Darkness, with Joseph Conrad's story providing the narrative skeleton" "(Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 1-1) and many themes, meanings, and entire scenes from the movie do in fact come directly from Conrad's book. ... As the film continues, and Willard is recruited to Vietnam to embark out on his top-secret mission to terminate Kurtz, the films rich sound mixing continues to stand forth keep the viewer dead center of the action and detail in every single scene. ... The use of fog, haze, d...

• Word Count: 1876
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate