Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventure Of The Speckled Band

Sherlock Holmes used deduction to solve mysteries. Firstly, by using deduction, Holmes can tell a lot from Mr. Wilson. For example, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, an author, shares how Holmes used deduction to solve the mystery of the Red Headed League (Doyle). Thus, Holmes is a very smart man that knows how to pick apart a mystery. Secondly, Holmes deduced that Helen came to see him by train and rode on muddy roads. For instance, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle reports that Holmes deduced that Mrs. Stoner’s step father is violent (Doyle). Therefore, Holmes can solve any mystery by deduction. Thirdly, Holmes looks at the evidence and concludes that Mrs. Violet is impersonating the prisoner in the wing. To illustrate, Sir Arthur Conan

“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” was spoken by Sherlock Holmes, a famous English Literature icon, and Sherlock lived by this too. Arthur Conan Doyle was a doctor who lived in Scotland, although he is more publicly known as the author for the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories. While he never intended on becoming a writer, he has still set the six fundamental requirements for a good mystery story. These six requirements include the crime must be significant, the detective must be memorable, the criminal must be a worthy advisory or opponent, the clues must be made available to the reader, the suspects must appear early in the story, and the solution to the crime must be reasonable and plausible. While not all six elements are required for it

For instance, in the rising action, Karait had came out of the bushes saying “I am death.” He did this without knowing what Rikki-Tikki’s strengths were. In fact, all of the snake, at different time throughout the story, had done this. They all tried to attack Rikki-Tikki without knowing what he was capable of doing. Another example of how the snakes had not thought of any consequences was when Nagaina had sent Nag into the Bungalow during the rising action.

In “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes was not guilty of killing Dr. Roylott. First off, Sherlock Holmes was hired to protect Helen Stoner. Secondly, there was no way Sherlock could have known Dr. Roylott was sitting in the chair at the time. Finally, Dr. Roylott truly deserved to be killed as he himself was a murderer. Therefore, Sherlock was not guilty in killing Dr. Roylott.

Being in the medical field, Dr. Royott was familiar with drugs and the effect they have on people. Although he did not use medicine to kill Julia, having studied in India he knew that the speckled band snake’s venom was poisonous. Being bit would be fatal, quick and undetectable. There would be no time to summons help from the village

Dr. Roylott used a deadly venom undetectable by poison test that the doctor must have known of previous to the incident occurring. Doctors have the intellect to know what goes undetectable in certain scans and test to which Dr. Roylott used to his advantage with the use of his serpent. Holmes has a suspicion of these circumstances before entering the mansion for the night and was aware of what he needed to keep a keen sense too. That’s why he was able to react to the snake so quickly and efficiently delivering several blows to the creature with his cane before it returned back through the

In this role, Holmes is allowed to be a free spirit, typically solving what he wishes how he wishes. He can make up his own rules or adopt ideas of justice from past civilizations. This freedom leads him to adopt an eye-for-an-eye vision of justice. In “The Adventures of the Speckled Band,” after the discovery that the doctor is using a snake to murder his stepdaughters, Holmes drives the snake back through the ventilator from which it came, causing the snake to bite the doctor and kill him. Directly afterward, Holmes states, “I am no doubt indirectly responsible for Dr. Grimesby Roylott’s death, and I cannot say that it is likely to weigh very heavily upon my conscience” (Doyle 182).

For example, with all the catastrophe in the other room, Dr. Roylott did not bother to move out of his chair. To add, if the snake came back, Sherlock Holmes most likely assumed the trained snake would not bite his master.

In the book "The Adventures of the Speckled Band," Sherlock Holmes came to the conclusion that “Doctors make the greatest criminals." This statement is true, especially considering the time period during which this short story was written. Arthur Conan Doyle published this story during the late 1800’s. Since then, there have been great advancements in medicine and technology, which can diminish the truth of Holmes’ statement, but still not disavow it completely.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle composed a mysterious tale “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” in which the memory of two detectives attempting to solve a strange case of a woman’s peculiar death is described. One detective, Dr. Watson, recalled one of the most unusual cases he had encountered in his experience as a detective and medical doctor. He and his friend, Sherlock Holmes were urged to decipher the unknown truth of Julia-Helen’s twin sister’s- baffling death. However, attempting to assist Helen with her bothersome situation was a slight struggle; the Stoner sisters, unfortunately, had vicious, secretly abusive stepfather who was known by almost all as Dr. Grimesby Roylott. Early in the morning of April, 1883 rose Holmes and Dr. Watson from

The falling action prevailed as the ventilator opened, and a creature ensued to emerge from it. Sherlock saw the animal earlier Dr. Watson; therefore he attacked with a cane before his acquaintance understood the severity of what was happening around him. It was after Sherlock hit the snake that a whistle was heard, causing the snake to retreat. Only a moment later though a startlingly loud cry was sounded. With tremendous haste, the detective and the doctor burst into Dr. Roylott’s quarters. They scanned the dwellings for the doctor, only to realize that he had died. Sitting near him in the room was a speckled snake, or as it was known by the duo, the speckled band. The snake had become aggravated when Sherlock assaulted it, causing it to

Sherlock Holmes was one of the best detectives ever. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote stories about Holmes and his apprentice, Watson. One of these stories was “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”, in it Holmes is tasked with solving the murder mystery of Julia Stoner, Helen Stoner’s sister, who was murdered two years prior. Stoke Moran, the place of the murder, was home to Dr. Roylott, Helen’s stepfather. Dr. Roylott was a psychotic criminal who took interest in exotic, foreign pets. Dr. Roylott made it clear to Holmes that he did not want Sherlock anywhere near Stoke Moran. Later that same day, Holmes and Watson arranged to meet Helen at Stoke Moran, because Helen feared for her life.

Watson stated "So accustomed was I to his invariable success that the very possibility of his failing had ceased to enter my mind" (Doyle 218). Holmes fails, but the antagonist decides not to utilize the pictures after all. The mystery in Holmes's stories can be a wide variety of things: stolen fortune, murder, scandal, and everything in between. While most mystery stories involve assassination, "Unlike many detective stories, the Holmes don't necessarily have a murder" (Horsley). Of course, you might not unearth an instance of Sherlock Holmes chasing down a missing cat, because even his least significant cases are of acute importance. Important cases seize the reader's attention, and make the solution of the case more urgent.

Sherlock Holmes has created the forensic science that all people use to solve case today. If it wasn?t for him we would not have the resources and medical examiner that we have today. Sherlock Holmes has made the modern century forensics science that we use for

Holmes is memorable in this story because of the way he solves the crime. He manages to figure out that both the ventilator and the bell pull are both fake and used to help create the crime. He also discovers that it is a snake that Roylott got from India that murdered Julia Stoner and attempted to murder Helen Stoner.