The Adventure of the Speckled Band starts off in the early morning in 1883. A woman named Mrs. Stoner, wakes up the household of Sherlock Holmes, stating that she has a case for Sherlock. Mrs. Stoner talks about her mother whom was killed eight years ago. After her mother passed, Mrs. Stoner was left behind with her stepfather, Mr. Roylott, and her sister, Julia. After the death of their mother, Mr. Roylott became very violent and killed their butler and went to prison. After prison, he came out just as violent and rude towards his stepdaughters, neighbors and strangers. Mr. Roylott is now living off of his dead wife’s money. The only friends Roylott has are the gypsies who often come over to his home. Two weeks before Mrs. Stoner’s wedding, …show more content…
Stoner thinks she died from being scared. Helen Stoner’s stepfather tells Julia that her room is in need of repair; therefore she now has to move into her dead sister’s room. One night when she was sleeping in Julia’s room, she heard the whistles Julia was hearing before her death. Sherlock Holmes, with help from Watson, decide to take up Mrs. Stoner’s case. They decide to go to Roylott’s home to investigate the scene where Roylott threatens Holmes and admits he followed Helen to his home. At Helen’s home, Sherlock examines the bedrooms of Mrs. Stoner and Roylott. He notices that there are bars on the windows of Julia’s room and realizes his theory of the gypsies is wrong because they had no way of getting in. Holmes finds a bell-pull next to the bed that is attached to the ventilator. Holmes goes into Roylott’s room and notices he has a safe where there is a saucer of milk on top. Next to the safe is a chair along with a dog whip and Holmes seems to have figured out the case. Inside the safe is a snake that Roylott has trained to go through the vent into Julia’s room. The whistle sound Julia heard was Roylott blowing the whistle to have the snake return back to him with no one
This shows as at the start. there is an air of panic as Watson and Holmes have been knocked up. as a young lady had arrived in a considerable state of excitement. The murder setting is also typical as it is in a large country manor. owned by the well-known Surry Family of the Roylotts of Stoke Moran.
and shock of the death of her sister. She speaks in a low tone of
The family then begins to suspect that the Inspector was not genuine. They eventually find out that the Inspector was lying about the death of Eva Smith and they congratulate themselves on exposing the hoax. But soon a telephone rings, and they find out that a girl had just died and an inspector was coming round to question them.
usual that she died the way she did, because it is obvious now that no
The Speckled Band" is about a premeditated murder with the motive of money, whereas "The Cardboard Box" is a spur of the moment murder arising out of jealousy. "Silver Blaze", however, is not a murder, merely an accident, although until the dénouement we are led to believe that it is. The relationship between Holmes and Watson is completely platonic. They live together but only in a professional partnership. This would not have been unusual in Victorian England.
Holmes remarks "I am glad to see that Mrs Hudson has the good sense to
Discussing The Speckled Band and Lamb to the slaughter. British writer, creator Sherlock Holmes, the best-known detective in literature and the embodiment of sharp reasoning. Doyle himself was not a good example of rational personality: he believed in fairies and was interested in occultism. Sherlock Holmes stories have been translated into more than fifty languages, and made into plays, films, radio and television series, a musical comedy, a ballet, cartoons, comic books, and advertisement. By 1920 Doyle was one of the most highly paid writers in the world.
accomplice) is a key character as he is someone who we relate to as he
The film adaptations of literary works can sometimes be a nightmare. However, they can also turn out better than the original work in some rare instances. In the case of The Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the movie was a better format for telling the murder mystery because of the movie’s ability to show rather than tell the audience what is happening, the clearer explanation of the plot, and the more in-depth development of the characters.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” is much more than another
Helen emerged from her room around 11:00 pm asking for a bottle of wine and Mrs. Townsend delivered the wine and engaged in brief conversation while noticing the young man lying on the bed reading. She was very familiar with Robinson and was able to say without a doubt that he was the one that was in the bedroom with Helen. No one saw him leave nor did anyone let him out. Mrs. Townsend testified that a man had knocked on her door asking to be let out, but told him to have his woman to come and get the key. No one returned for the key so there is no possible logical explanation of how Richard got out of the house, nor was a logical possibility of how anyone else could have gotten in the house.
The inspector arrives in the middle of a celebration of the daughter (Sheila) and her engagement to the wealthy Gerald Croft. With the minimum of questioning, the family reveals many things about themselves that links them all to the death. When the inspector leaves, the family discovers he wasn't a real police inspector at all. and are relieved (save Sheila and Eric) to find out from the infirmary, that there has been no suicide. Shortly after this, police call and tell them there has been a suicide and police inspector will be called to discuss the matter.
In the story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” the author Conan Doyle portrays many different narrative techniques. He uses these techniques to provide meaning for the audience as well as help them visualize the situation that was being described. The different techniques used are narrative discourse, suspense, conflict, close, and focalization in his story. Narrative discourses are events, to describe a series of events that are contingent one on another. Typically focuses on one or more performers of actions. Personal experience can influence narrative discourse due to the explaining of significant events in the life of the narrator. Narrative discourse is made up of setting, developing
How Does Arthur Conan Doyle Create Tension And Suspense In The Speckled Band The Speckled Band is just one of the murder mystery stories featuring the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. Holmes was not any ordinary detective, he was a detective who was famous for solving murders. In this case Holmes is trying to solve the mystery of the 'Speckled Band'. Some examples of tension building techniques are dramatic events and in some instances the inclusion of red herrings. Bad weather and night time are also used as a means of building up atmosphere and tension.