The Adventure Of The Speckled Band

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 exposition/ setting, developing conflict, climax, final suspense, and conclusion. The narrative discourse is being portrait in the story by Sherlock trying to find the mystery. Helen Stoner goes to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for help on figuring out the mystery of her sister’s death, and they both investigate. It all begins with the renovation that was done to the room. Holmes arrived to Dr. Grimesby Roylott’s home in order to investigate the noise that his daughter seemed to be hearing from the bedroom that the sister was killed in. Holmes describes the room “very strange” he found the ventilator open into another room as well as the bell-rope. The ventilator was the small opening between two rooms as well as the bed was fastened to the floor. “A ventilator is made, a cord is hung, and a lady who

In the short story Adventures of the Speckled Band it is found that Roylott, the father of Helen and Julia Stoner, has murdered Julia and is attempting to murder Helen using a poisonous snake in the vents of the house. Roylott is a British doctor and a violent, aggressive and intimidating character. He killed his daughter and attempted the same fate on the other because he did not want to have to give them the inheritance that their mother put aside for both her daughters. They would receive this money when they each married. And so when Julia was going to marry, he sent a snake for her, and the same with Helen. When Holmes discovers the way Roylott had killed Julia and planned to kill Helen he says that "doctors make the greatest criminals".

Logic Watson! Give me logic Miss Walden!" Not only was this man rude but he was also bossy; just what I needed in my life. At least his friend 'Watson' is nice enough. I wish they would really make up their minds, was it psychology they wanted or was it philosophy? Clearing my throat I spoke, "How about I get you a both, Sherlock if you don't mind telling me what you need this book for it would be a lot easier to help find you a logical selection." Sherlock seemed surprised to find someone complying so quickly after just denouncing a whole branch of science, one I found some truth in. "Well you see, I'm a consulting detective, the only one in fact, and John and I have a case regarding a man with what I believe to be 'Mommy issues' going around kidnapping single mothers. Please be quick about all of this, we need this information now!" Sherlock described. All the while he's describing this all the pieces are coming together for me, Sherlock, the curly hair, Watson, consulting detective: Sherlock Holmes the main all over the papers lately with that silly hate of

Mrs. Abbott began to describe her story and the purpose of the detectives’ invitations. Her husband, Mr. Abbott, was alive, but without thought or movement. Mr. Abbott,

As an investigator, Sherlock Holmes was not guilty for the demise of Dr. Roylott. The story, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, when in the room of Helen Stoner, waited for evidence for the cause of Julia Stoner’s death. When both men traveled to the room of Dr. Roylott, they saw that Dr. Roylott was dead, with the speckled band-the deadliest snake in India- wrapped around Dr. Roylott’s head. The cause of Dr.Roylott’s death was not Sherlock Holmes’s accountability. Dr. Roylott had knowledge about animals from India; therefore he should have been able to control the snake. Additionally, Dr. Roylott never ended up dying when trying to kill Julia,

I took a deep breath and swallowed back down my stomach which seemed to have made its way up to my throat. “Sir, there are lots of reasons why the death of Ms. Williams would not be suicide.” Investigator Christensen slowly stood up from his chair and started circling the room. He looked like a vulture, and I was the prey. “At 9:08 am October 16th 2016, 221B Baker street, a woman is found dead in her bedroom. She is lying on her bed, eyes open, a bullet in her head, and a pistol in her hand. Tell me Sherlock Holmes, is that not suicide?” He slams both of his big hands down on the table making the cups rattle and screams at me, “Is that not suicide? She clearly killed herself, Sherlock, you saw the body, you saw the evidence. And yet you question me.” My head is pounding. I throw the chair i’m sitting in behind me and scream, “MURDER!” Everyone is silent and all eyes land on me. “You’re right investigator Christensen”, I say. Now it is my turn to

Sherlock was hired to protect Helen Stoner because she was petrified of being killed like her sister Julia. Had Sherlock not been on the case, Helen would have been murdered due to Dr, Roylott. Because of this, Sherlock knew he had to prevent her killing. Upon investigating he found a plethora of items that pointed toward

Sherlock waited for a long time in a pitch-black room; Watson was near him with his revolver in hand. A hiss sounded as Sherlock had lit a match, suddenly blinding Watson. Sherlock hit something that Watson- who was narrating the story- was too blinded to see. Once Watson’s eyes had adjusted, Sherlock led him into Dr.Roylott’s room. The detective pair had found Dr. Roylott dead with the ‘speckled band’- a swamp adder- upon his head. Since Dr. Roylott had been killed, Sherlock had been released from his animosity, Helen from his abuse, and society from his scourge. Generally, everyone was content now that they were free from Dr. Roylott. Later, Watson inquired to Sherlock about how he solved the

By aggravating the venomous swamp adder, Sherlock Holmes inevitably provoked Dr. Roylott’s death. Despite the fact that he claims it was an act of fear and self preservation, Sherlock knew the consequences of what he was doing, Notably, Sherlock incriminated himself while he explained how he figured

Due to Holmes’ suspicion he and Watson desired to investigate further; they departed to Stoke Moran. They revealed some interesting clues. First of all, the bed was clamped to the floor, there were metallic bars on the windows, along with a forged bell chord attached to a ventilator. Holmes soon found out that the ventilator was connected to Dr. Roylott 's room. This made Sherlock curious, wanting to know more. Helen was a young woman who was frightened of the strong and abusive, Dr. Roylott. She had prearranged to switch places with Sherlock and Watson so they could resolve the case once and for all. She exchanged places after Dr. Roylott was “asleep”. When Sherlock and Holmes arrived to Stoke Moran, they waited and waited. During the middle of the story, both the mood and tone shift. The mood soon became petrified. The tone soon also became something else, challenging. Sherlock Holmes and

Harry Bastable Mrs.Hiles 3/5/16 Period 1 Sherlock Is innocent Sherlock Holmes was not guilty for the accidental death of Dr.Roylott for a mutinous of reasons. He was defending his own life, he could not have possibly known exactly where Dr.Roylott was, and lastly, Dr.Roylott knew the severities of owning a vicious, lethal swamp adder; he should have been more careful. Sherlock had to act swiftly in order to save his own life from a threatening serpent; he had no choice but to try to frighten it off back to where it slithered from, thus killing Dr.Roylott in the process. Sherlock has evidence to prove his innocence due to the fact that he was clearly protecting his own existence; he was not about to wait around for a highly lethal cold-blooded killer to feast upon him.

In “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” written by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes was trying to figure out the purpose of Julia Stoner’s mysterious death. As Sherlock Holmes was solving the mystery, he was not responsible for the impending death of Dr. Roylott. Dr. Roylott stayed seated in his worn out chair on purpose. Furthermore, Sherlock Holmes was striving to protect peers from the swamp adder-

Full of mystery and with an unexpected endpoint, “The Speckled Band,” one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, narrates the tale of how Sherlock and his friend Dr. Watson embark on an adventure with the purpose of solving the mystery of Julia Stoner’s death. One morning Helen Stoner, who is described as a “woman of thirty with premature grey hair”, finds herself desperately seeking the help of Sherlock Holmes. She starts by explaining him her back-story of how her mother had married Dr. Grimesby Roylott (her stepfather) during his practice in India. Her mother bequeathed her wealth to Roylott under the condition of paying her two daughters an annual sum when they became married.

One reason Holmes came to this decision is: Doctors are supposed to help people, so naturally they are not suspects in crimes because they are trusted by people. Dr. Roylott gained the trust of mother of the Stoner sisters and married her. This introduced him into their family and created a trusted

In “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes is a detective that is attempting to resolve the mystery in which Helen Stoner’s sister mysteriously died on the night before her wedding. Dr. Watson is the loyal sidekick of Sherlock Holmes. Helen Stoner is a frightened woman who has come to Sherlock Holmes for assistance. Lastly, Dr. Roylott is Helen’s stepfather who has gone to jail numerous times due to homicide and other criminal activities. The story takes place at Helen Stoner’s house, Stoke Moran, in April 1883. It is initiated when Helen Stoner arrives at Sherlock Holmes’ house early in the morning; discussing how her sister Julia has mysteriously died. Sherlock decided Helen’s difficult situation was a serious matter, and Sherlock made plans to inspect the house Julia died in. Dr. Roylott was tracking Helen down when she visited Sherlock, and threatened Holmes to stay away from her, increasing the suspicion of the mystery.