The Adventure Of The Speckled Band

‘The last night’; it goes into heavy detail about the Laboratory and the surroundings of it. ‘The candle was set upon the nearest table’ creates a picture in the readers mind about all the visual aids in the area. He describes it so well; you could almost go into the Laboratory and navigate yourself around it with great ease. This shows how suspense is built up.

The genre of crime friction has many different types of elements that make it so suspenseful for the reader. The main elements that a crime fiction will have is the detective and the villain that have challenging wits. The short stories that we have looked at, are the adventures of the speckled band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle looks at the more traditional elements compare to Lamb to the slaughter by Roald Dahl and Fresh Bait by Sherryl Clark. The main elements that are in the crime fiction that may be used effectively or differently, for example the challenging wits between the detective and the villain and other things like setting, pace and victims. The three convention I will be comparing/ contrasting is the pace, the victims and the wits between the detective and the villain.

Conan Doyle uses uses a combination of literary devices to build up tension and create a sense of mystery I chapter 3

I found this story very exciting but most of all I like the part when

By using descriptive words and phrases to help us imagine the characters and setting the readers are drawn further into the suspense. Beginning with the descriptions of the carnival, usually a joyous time, it is not so joyous but mostly dark with the vision of “[dusk] one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival

A novel is only as great as its author’s efforts. The ability to tie everything together in the end of a novel without leaving any unsolved questions, or relying on the ex machina technique, is the goal in which all inspiring authors reach for. Novelist Edith Wharton once said, “At every stage in the progress of his tale the novelist must rely on what may be called the “illuminating incident” to reveal and emphasize the inner meaning of each situation. Illuminating incidents are the magic casements of fiction, its vistas on infinity.” This idea came from Wharton’s own work, The Writing of Fiction. In a different work of hers, a novel by the name of Ethan Frome, Wharton explores the concept of the illuminating incident very thoroughly. I have

What phenomenon has the ability to transform a meager string of text into a lively, immersive adventure? The answer is literary devices. Literary devices such as foreshadowing and imagery can be an author’s most powerful tool when it comes to formulating an effective conflict or theme in a story. This is made evident by Sinclair Ross’ ability to effectively utilize the literary devices at his disposal to develop a powerful, efficient short story in “The Lamp at Noon”. In the story, imagery, dialogue, and the omniscient point of view from which the story is perceived are formidable examples of how literary devices provide a significant role in shaping the plot, conflict and themes for the reader to experience.

Continuing a haphazard conversation, like in a public place when we hear two people having an intimate conversation, we eventually have to walk away because we do not know what they are actually talking about, similarly, following the exact writing style and giving a tone of privacy, the writer has created a similar tone to the whole aspect of the story, making the reader to figure out what actually the two couple are talking about.

Kelly J. Mayes defines plot in The Norton Introduction to Literature as the way the author sequences and paces the events so as to shape our response and interpretation. Every piece of literature contains a plot pattern that follows Freytag’s pyramid. This pyramid consists of an exposition, rising action, a climax, falling action, and a conclusion. Though each story displays this pattern of organization, authors use many different literary devices to differentiate their work and to acquire the response they want to achieve from their audience. The author of “The Jewelry,” Guy De Maupassant, correctly followed Freytag’s Pyramid and used varied literary devices to create a suspenseful read for the audience.

Roylott in The Speckled Band proves Nietzsche’s idea to be true. Roylott is in a conflict with his stepdaughters. He planned to remove both daughters before they get married because under the mother’s will, both daughters will take an amount of money with them when they get married. This angered Roylott because this meant he would have less money. Helen’s sister has died two years ago, shortly before she was about to get married. Helen had heard her sister’s words the moment before she died, “The speckled band!” but she had been unable to understand the meaning. Now Helen, too, is engaged, and she has began to hear strange noises. Holmes listens carefully to Helen’s story and agrees to take the case. Holmes and Watson arrange to spend the night in Helen’s room. Little did they know, Roylott planned to kill Helen with the same method he used on his first stepdaughter. Vivid imagery was used in the climax as they waited in the darkness; “Suddenly there was the momentary gleam of a light up in the direction of the ventilator, which vanished immediately, but was succeeded by a strong smell of burning oil and heated metal. Then suddenly another sound became audible- a very, gentle, soothing sound, like that of a small jet of stream escaping continually from a kettle.” The slight noise and dim light through the ventilator stimulates Holmes to take action. The suspense foreshadows something bad is going to happen. Holmes discovers on the bell cord the “speckled band”, a poisonous snake. Roylott’s actions proves Nietzsche’s ideas to be true because his strong desire for money has corrupted him thus leading him to do worse things such as killing his two

Sherlock Holmes used his observance to come to the conclusion that occurred at the end of “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” transcribed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In April 1883, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson experienced an encounter with Helen Stoner; Helen requested that Sherlock and Watson look into the case of her sister’s death. Holmes and Watson were recommended by a mutual friend of Helen’s. Helen Stoner and Dr. Roylott lived in Stoke Moran. Dr. Roylott, Helen’s stepfather, was an aggressive man. After Helen Stoner’s mother had perished, Dr. Roylott was left with her will until each girl got married. When married each girl would get one third of the money. Helen’s sister, Julia, had

How does Conan Doyle create a sense of anticipation and suspense in the Adventure of the Speckled Band? The Adventure of the Speckled Band is a classic mystery novel. It is so in the way that it uses several writing techniques to create a sense of ambiguity and vagueness. Conan Doyle makes sure to leave the reader with as little information as possible and to make it hard to foresee what will happen next.

The Speckled Band by Sherlock Holmes Detective stories first became popular in the Victorian era following the emergence of organized police forces in the 1830's. Fascination with the criminal heros accompanied a corresponding interest in the methodical uncovering of crime. Public hangings were frequent and Victorian people feared crime greatly. This meant that when the detective stories came about they felt the fictional character that cracked every case became the perfect detective i.e. Arthur Conan Doyle's character, Sherlock Holmes. SherlockHolmes was actually an amateur detective not a member of the London plaice force and the Victorians had a deep resentment against the police, as they were

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle utilizes literary elements such as dialogue, tone, vocabulary, a different format of narration and perspective, along with chronology to construct the adventures of the eminent fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. John Watson. The creative use of dialogue assists in telling the story fluently and vividly, while a suspenseful and occasionally humorous tone maintains interest from case to case. Long winded descriptions and complex vocabulary are infused into Doyle’s writing to fit his knowledgeable characters as well as fuse them into the setting of traditional Britain. Lastly, these features are accompanied by both Holmes and Watson’s different perspectives alongside each other. the tales of

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle utilizes many detail-oriented literary elements to develop the many adventures of the famous fictional British detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner, John Watson. Long winded description and complex vocabulary are infused into Doyle’s writing to accentuate Holmes’s great intelligence. By incorporating such a heavy, educated tone upon the mysteries, the tales of Sherlock Holmes are expressed as very complicated stories that challenge readers in comprehension as well as encourage curiosity through puzzling cases.