Adventure of the Speckled Band” This essay will examine the concept of “good vs. evil” as appears in the mystery story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1892. Speckled Band is a Sherlock Holmes mystery and one of the twelve stories that Doyle wrote in his “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” series (Wikipedia). Doyle was said to have felt that “Speckled Band” was his best Sherlock Holmes story (Wikipedia). When I first read “The Speckled Band”‚ I thought
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“The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ a mystery story‚ was more interesting than its movie version because it has more details of the characters and places‚ that give you a better understanding of the story. In the book there are more details about the places that the characters go‚ so that helps you to get a better picture of what is going on. For example in the book It describes Stoke Moran as a decrepit ‚old ‚rundown estate‚ but in the movie the mansion is in pretty
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intense and exciting point of the short story. ‘Adventure of the Speckled Band’ created suspense when Dahl describes the room. ‘On the table stood a dark-lantern with the shutter half open‚ throwing a brilliant beam of light upon the iron safe‚ the door of which was ajar’. By doing this‚ Dahl hopes to create a picture in the reader’s mind of the room where the event occurs. As the story continues‚ Holmes whispers ‘The band! The speckled band!’ ‘I took a step forward. In an instant his strange headgear
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Comparing the Speckled Band and Lamb to the Slaughter The Speckled Band was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. Lamb to the Slaughter was written by Roald Dahl in 1954. Detective stories mainly base themselves around solving murder cases; the reader is taken on a journey to find who is guilty and their motive which is normally along the lines of greed‚ loneliness and hatred. ‘The Speckled Band’ is written in 1st person and the story is narrated by Dr Watson‚ Sherlock Holmes’ partner. Helen
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Holmes is correct in his conclusion that "doctors make the greatest criminals." In his story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" we learn about a doctor who kills his one step daughter and is planning to kill his other step daughter to get this late wife’s money all for himself. "When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals He has nerve and he has knowledge" stated Holmes. I agree with this statement because physicians are experts in medication which can be toxic. Doctors also know
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Sherlock Holmes is known to solve very hard mysteries that almost nobody can solve. But in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mystery story‚ “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”‚ he solved one mystery that nobody would have expected for who have caused it. Holmes figures out Dr. Roylott had caused Julia’s death. It all started when he noticed the bed was clamped to the floor‚ there was a bell pull that did not work‚ and there was a ventilator connected between Dr.Roylott’s and Julia’s room. During Holmes investigation
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band The story is called ’The Adventure of the Speckled Band’ and is a detective fiction. It is set in the year 1983. Evidence from the text to show this is where it says‚ ’year ’83’. The main settings are Baker Street (city) and Stoke Moran (countryside). The story is very appealing as it has use of the ’Locked Room’ mystery; which in those days was very popular. The mentioning of exotic animals is also very exciting and has a good effect on readers. It may
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Adventure of the Engineers Thumb’ ‘The Speckled Band’ All written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ‘The Monkeys Paw’ written by W.W.Jacob’s. Three of the stories feature Sherlock Holmes‚ the famous Victorian detective solving the case. I have chosen to write about ‘The Monkeys Paw’ ‘The Speckled Band’ and ‘The Adventure of the Engineers Thumb’. All three stories feature memorable uses of atmosphere‚ characters and setting. The characters
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not that they culls not to—it’s that they authentically can’t.The two stories‚ “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe and “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have some kindred attributes and differences in the narration of their stories. “The Tell Tale Heart” was narrated by murderer‚ while “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” was narrated by a detective‚ but both stories are first person stories and about the murders.
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band Dr. Roylott’s personality is detrimental to the success of his objective‚ to murder his stepdaughters. Only reading the first few chapters of the story‚ the author wrote him as a person with an intimidating‚ violent‚ and an enclosed persona. In both his past and present‚ Dr. Grimesby was a man of violence. In addition to his violence‚ he also happened to be out of control and impulsive when he was angry. With his past delinquency‚ it showed not only that he had
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