The Adventures Of The Speckled Band By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

In the story “Gryphon” by Charles Baxter, a strange substitute teacher teaches in 4th grade class in Five Oaks, Michigan. Her name is Ms. Ferenczi. She is strange in the way how she is super superstitious and tells strange stories and believes them as well. This story is told from the point of view from one of her students, Tommy. In the beginning, the class’s real teacher gets sick. The next day, Ms. Ferenczi shows up as substitute. The day after the next day, Ms. Ferenczi appears again and decides to reward the class for being a good class. This time, her reward was a fortune telling with a tarot pack. The problem was was that one of her students got the death card. That kid told on Ms. Ferenczi and got her in trouble. Tommy heard about this and got in a fight with the kid because Tommy liked and defended Ms. Ferenczi. In the story, Tommy’s behavior and actions showed that Tommy liked things that were strange and new because Five Oaks is so boring. Ms. Ferenczi is just the opposite since she is strange and mysterious. That is the reason why Tommy defended Ms. Ferenczi. Some of Tommy’s behavior across the story show that when he likes something, he defends it and also.

Plot: Mortimer has 2 aunts, Martha and Abby Brewster, and they both live in an old house in Brooklyn with their nephew Teddy Brewster. Martha and Abby are adored in their neighborhood for their caring character. When Mortimer visits his favorite aunts to tell them the great news about just being newly married to his fiancé Harper. Back then it was presumed that if one of your

Conan Doyle in “The Speckled Band” allows Sherlock Holmes to discover clues that he relays to Watson allowing the reader to get a feeling for what is to come. The clues that are discovered may not help the reader solve the mystery, but that is why Doyle’s stories have lasted for ever because they keep the readers guessing. During the story, Holmes points out several important clues including the dummy bell pull connected

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a British physician and writer, mostly well known for his stories “Sherlock Holmes”, which are generally in the field of crime fiction. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Arsenic and Old Lace, written by Joseph Kesselring, is a play that takes place in Brooklyn New York. The opening scene takes place in September of 1942, in the Brewster living room. It is the home of Aunt Abby and Aunt Martha Brewster they both may seem perfectly sane, but we find out they are both crazy murderers. Together, they have 12 dead bodies in their home. The women think they are doing their victims favors, because all of their victims were lonely and death would be better than that. In the Brewster house, with the two aunts, lives Teddy, Teddy believes he is the president of the United States (Teddy Roosevelt) and provides comedic relief during the show through his “presidential behavior”. Also living in

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.

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,

The story I liked was Gryphon, by Charles Baxter. The theme of the story, as far as I can tell, was about alternative thinking. The story took place at an elementary school in 1950s Michigan. It was about an elementary substitute teacher named Miss Ferenczi who was somewhat different than how one would view a typical elementary school teacher. Of course, she did follow the lesson plan laid out by the class’s main teacher, but she also side-stepped to give the kids a different perspective in the way of thinking

“SUICIDE?” I exclaimed. The eyes of my father and investigator Christensen fell upon me, burning holes through my flesh. “Yes Sherlock, suicide.” Father said. My older brother Mycroft kicked me under the table. “Mr. Sherlock Holmes,” investigator Christensen said glaring at

investigation. From this the detective is given the “whodunit” phase, where he is led with clues

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

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

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

The Baroque period is an era of artistic style utilizing embellished motion, pure and effortlessly interpreted detail to yield drama, tension, exuberance, and opulence in representation. The opera “The Fairy Queen” by Henry Purcell is an excellent representation of the Baroque era in its inordinate application of all theatrical foundations, embroidered indications, and the selected focused elucidation to return melodrama, emotional tension, enthusiasm, and sumptuousness for the audience watching.

The short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Man with the Twisted Lip,” is based on disguises of wealth and appearance and how these disguises change the point of view that people have in the social classes and what they think about each other during the Victorian Era. Disguises can be used to create an identity for one’s own personal gain or to protect an individual 's identity. Neville St. Claire uses disguise to validate his place as a gentleman. His status as a beggar allows him to become the successful gentleman that he should be, by concealing his true self to the social class system. Sherlock Holmes uses his persona as a protection to keep the people of London safe and out of harms way. Between the two personalities of St. Claire and Holmes is the outcome of what others may think of them; St. Claire knows the identity that he has created is not accepted by the social class while Sherlock Holmes identity is seen as a hero and is accepted by the social class. One uses his disguise purely for monetary gain and the other uses the identity in order to solve mysteries and protect his city. As shown in the “The Man with the Twisted Lip”, disguise is only allowed when the social class accepts the identity.