The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard Essay

“Belief in the truth of someone or something.” Trust is probably the most valued thing in human interaction and when Christopher’s father confessed to lying to him, Christopher feels like he cannot trust his father anymore. Although, Christopher, the main character of the novel The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time written by Mark Haddon, has autism and thinks very differently than I do, I can relate to him because a little over two years ago I lost all my friends and was diagnosed with depression making it hard to trust people. To me, parents and friends are supposed to be the people you trust and hope that they will never hurt you, and when Christopher felt betrayed by his father I instantly recollected when I felt that way towards

At the beginning of the short drama, “Trifles,” Mrs. Peters, the sheriff’s wife, is painted as timid and submissive wife. She willingly submits herself to the responsibilities she has as a wife. As the play unfolds, Mrs. Peter’s submissiveness begins to diminish. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale work together to uncover the murder of Minnie Wright’s husband. When the women find the evidence, they refuse to share it with the men. Mrs. Peter’s character transforms into a more confident individual over the course of the play.

A True Tale Gives Life to Fictional, Bone Chilling Entertainment: The Unmasked Similarities and Differences Between “Trifles” and “The Hossack Case” both written by Susan Glaspell

1. Throughout the story suspense is aroused and maintained excellently. This is achieved by the character the author creates. Mr. Martin is characterized as a neat and cautious man, who never took a smoke or a drink in his life. Our suspense is aroused when the author states that it has been “a week to the day since Mr. Martin had decided to rub out Mrs. Ulgine Barrows”. This arouses our suspense because we are told Mr. Martin is planning to murder this woman. The suspense is maintained with Mr. Martin’s thoughts. We as an audience are given his thoughts through the use of the 3rd person omniscient point of view. His thoughts are mostly on the issue on his dislike of Mrs. Barrows. Because of this, he

Analyse the use of Dr Watson as the narrator of The Hound of the Baskervilles

come out as the victim the one who needs help when he doesn't and the

“The third stage of narrative development was characterized by the appearance of rogues… relying on cleverness more than force, and motivated more by profits than by passion” (Williams 14). Rogues defied whatever came in between their pursuit, whether it be law or authority (Williams 14). In the third stage of criminal literature, the protagonists were all rogues despite of their unlawfully ways, they “aroused reader sympathy” (Williams 16). Williams described these rogues as “outsiders, existing apart from the social structure either by choice or by fate” (William 16). He also described these rogues as “individualistic, opportunistic, self-reliant” as well as “defiant of authority and entirely free” (Williams 16). William argues that the evolution of these narratives took place in three stages: the first being the “early execution sermons and final confessions”, the second being “the incomplete narratives of life and, finally the full length rogue narrative” (Williams 17). Williams’ article describes how criminal literature changed from “promoting obedience, [to] encouraged defiance” (Williams

Larson describes one of the great performances by Buffalo Bill at the fair. He describes his hair as “streaming,” the trim of his outfit as “glinting,” and his bow of respect to Susan B. Anthony as “seeping” (286). The parallelism and word choice creates a sense of awe for the reader which further contributes to how Larson portrays the people to see the fair as extravagant. Larson’s intent with the loaded language in his description of Holmes’s murders switches to draw attention to the evil and darkness. He repeats the word “phase” when describing his “quest for possession” to emphasize the fact that Holmes had this unpropitious thing of murder down to a routine. The level of evil goes up as Larson describes what Holmes did with the bodies afterwards. He emphasizes how Holmes could’ve cared less what happened to the bodies after he was finished with his game of seduction and murder by referring to them as “materials,” “irrelevant,” and a “recreation” (199-200). Both the hinting to Holmes’s routine of murder and his disposal of the bodies continue to illustrate Larson’s point of how wicked Holmes’s actions really were. If it hadn’t already happened, the repetition of the rhetorical device of loaded language in Larson’s descriptions of the fair and the murders help bring the reader to the harsh realization that there

In the society of the 1920s when the play was written, the confinement of women was at an all-time high, however the breakout of women’s rights was just starting. The tone of this play helps show just this view, by promoting a character such as Mrs. Peters, who is stuck on whose side be on in the mystery of the murder. As they uncover the motive of Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Peters character begins to understand her, although the deceased husband was murdered in such a gruesome way, and know there should be a punishment for the crime for the crime because of her background with her husband as sheriff, who said she is “married to the law”, she comprehends the “stillness” that Mrs. Wright must have felt, with the house being as gloomy as it was on a bright character such as she before she was married. Such as

The mystery of the Inspector continues through the way he is like an omniscient creature. We, along with Sheila, uncover this uncanny trait early in the play. Sheila even stares at the Inspector “wonderingly and dubiously” because he seems to know all answers

Though set in entirely dissimilar countries at different points in history, Margaret Atwood’s ‘Alias Grace’ and Hannah Kent’s ‘Burial Rites’ possess significant comparisons. Both for instance, are fictionalized historical novels following the tribulations of a female protagonist convicted of murder and both have been widely acclaimed for their incredible literary style which merges classic poetry, epigraphs, folklore and historical articles with fiction. The most striking parallel between each novel that can be drawn, however, is the way in which authors masterfully craft the stories of untrustworthy, cunning and deceptive criminals to elicit sympathy from their audiences. Readers of the novel and secondary characters alike are gradually pulled into sympathising with ambiguous and untrustworthy female leads, Grace Marks (Alias Grace) and Agnes Magnusdottir (Burial Rites). Despite the heavy suspicions of others and a lack of evidence to support their claims of innocence, these characters present artfully manipulated features of their defence stories to provoke empathy, sympathy and trust from those within the novel, and those reading it.

“The Real Inspector Hound” is a play is a parody of murder mystery genre, while “Trifles” is a play widely regarded as a feminist drama, which takes on gender equality during that era. One significant similarity between two plays are that they are inspired from true events. “The Real Inspector Hound” is inspired from Agatha Christie’s play “The Mousetrap”, while “Trifles” is loosely based on an event that the author covered during her career as a journalist. While watching both plays, the audience may not find much similarities between them, as far as the storyline is concerned. However, both play follow a close resemblance in terms of its theme of justice and identity. In “The Real Inspector Hound”, the author presents an aberrant version

because she too is a victim like many others in the play, but is the

While American and British authors developed the two distinct schools of detective fiction, known as “hard-boiled and “golden age,” simultaneously, the British works served to continue traditions established by earlier authors while American works formed their own distinct identity. Though a niche category, detective works reflect the morality and culture of the societies their authors lived in. Written in the time period after World War I, Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon and “The Gutting of Couffignal”, and Raymond Chandler’s “Trouble Is My Business” adapt their detectives to a new harsh reality of urban life. In “hard-boiled” works, the detective is more realistic than the detective in “golden age” works according to the

Mrs Hayward is a contradictory character who is established through Stephen’s fragmented memory to be both a character of smiling perfection and a broken woman, sitting in the dust weeping. She is both the embodiment of a perfect British wartime wife and a character of suspicion; a spy, a traitor, the epitome of deceit and the focus of two young boys’ overzealous imagination.