The Speckled Band

The story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a popular Sherlock Holmes novel with supreme detail. The story involves four main characters the investigator Sherlock Holmes with his partner, Dr.Watson who is very brave. Together they solve the murder of Julia Stoner, who is the sister of a wise and timid woman named Helen Stoner. The murder was at Dr.Roylott’s family estate called the Stoke Moran. This murder took place on April 1883 at the family estate. During the story Helen Stoner tells Sherlock and Dr.Watson that ever since their step-father, Dr.Roylott came back everything was strange, so immediately Sherlock had his suspicions for Dr.Roylott. During Helens meeting with Sherlock Holmes and Dr.Watson she tells them that she fears for her life and wants to know why Julia was murdered on the eve of Julia’s wedding. Although Sherlock has his suspicions for Dr.Roylott he still looks out for other clues.

The reason why Dr Roylott murdered Julia was the intention that he would gain money which shows his greediness and the extent he would go to to get what he wants. Also, when he meets Holmes he treats him with hostility and bends a "steel poker" into a curve and throws

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.

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".

Doyle makes the solution in “The Speckled Band” very unreasonable. Doyle makes the solution where Roylott is using a snake to kill off his daughters, but the clues and evidence do not lead in that direction. Holmes must think creatively to come up with that solution, but readers would not have come up with that same conclusion based off the evidence.

When the murderer pours the poison into the sleeping king’s ear, Claudius rose and cried out for light. Then Claudius fled the room, followed by the audience. Horatio and I were left alone and we both agreed that Claudius reacted suspiciously. Which made me thrilled not because my father is dead but because I now know who murdered him. My mother sent Rosencrantz and Guildenstern for me to meet her in her chamber.

Have you ever been in a life threatening situation? Where if you did one thing wrong, you could die? If you have, you might be able to relate to the story "Poison", by Roald Dahl. In this story, a man, Harry Pope, is caught unawares as a poisonous snake slithers onto his stomach when he's laying in bed. His friend, Timber, and a local doctor, Ganderbai, work together to save Harry. But when the sheets are lifted, the snake is nowhere to be found. Many people argue whether the snake was ever there, or if Harry had simply imagined it. I believe the snake was there because Harry saw it, the snake could have moved without being noticed, and Harry's actions.

Sherlock was persistent, while Dr. Roylott was aggressive; this created many conflicts between them. These conflicts create a reason for Holmes to become more interested. Not only are there conflicts between Sherlock and Dr. Roylott there are many other conflicts that include Dr. Roylott. For example, Helen versus Dr. Roylott, Sherlock versus Dr. Roylott, plus, Dr. Roylott versus society. In the beginning of the story, there is a set mood and tone. The mood is anxious, whereas the tone is serious. Holmes was an attentive detective making him always extremely curious.

In chapter thirteen holmes is impressed with how good stapleton is under pressure. But holmes can't really prove any of his theories in a court of law yet. Holmes thinks Laura lyons will be the one to finish this case. Watson bring holmes to baskerville hall and sir henry is happy he's there. Watson tells the barrymores that selden is dead. And holmes tells sir henry he can crack the case as long as sir henry follows his exact instructions with no questions. Suddenly holmes gets up to study a painting of a man in black velvet and lace and its end up being hugo baskerville the first guy to be killed by the hound. After dinner holmes shows watson that hugo look ALOT like stapleton which leaves them to believe he much be a member of the baskerville

When they opened the door, they found Dr. Roylott dead, with an Indian snake nearby. This was the resolution to the story. The resolution to the conflict between Helen and Dr. Roylott was that Helen would not be killed by Dr. Roylott; however, since he died, she received all the money. As for the conflict between Sherlock and Dr. Roylott, the resolution was that Sherlock no longer had to be worried about crossing paths with Dr. Roylott again. Lastly, society would benefit from Dr. Roylott’s demise, since they would no longer be bothered by him.

Doctor Gimesby Roylott wants to get rid of his step-daughters so that he can have all of their deceased mother’s money to himself. This is his motive for committing murder. Because he is a doctor, he is aware of which snakes are

In The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Charles Baskerville is chased by a hound and dies from his fear. Many in the same area tie his death to the myth of a hound that haunts the family. Sherlock Holmes, never one to believe in the supernatural, suspects foul play. Sir Henry Baskerville, the heir to the estate, is now at risk of having a death like his uncle’s. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gives the reader several red herrings in the book, leading us farther and farther from the truth.

Sherlock Holmes was believed to be dying, the first part of his plan. As it was believed Sherlock would ultimately reach his demise, Watson agreed to bring Smith to Sherlock’s home. Smith, having knowledge of the sickness, assumed that Holmes was infected. Once Sherlock acted as he was in agony, Smith confessed that the ivory box- which would poison one who pricked his finger on it- was delivered to Holmes by Smith, who was trying to end Holmes’s life. Smith told Holmes that “I shall sit here and watch you die” which proved that Smith wanted Sherlock dead. When Sherlock acted as he could not see, he had Smith turn the flame up full in the lamp, which signaled Inspector Morton to proceed into the room. Smith told Morton that Sherlock was lying about the crime Smith had made; however Sherlock then remembered that Watson was hiding behind the bed. Serving as a witness, Watson them emerged from his concealment. Smith was then arrested, proving that Holmes had framed Smith for the death of Victor

     The dead King appears to have been bitten by a snake. In reality, he has been poisoned. Everyone believes that the king died from snakebite, but once Hamlet knows the truth he is unsettled by the revelation. When Hamlet's dead father directs his son to,

In the story, "The Dying Detective," Sir Arthur Conan Doyle described how Sherlock Holmes feigned his death as a plan to frame Culverton Smith for Victor Savage's demise. Sherlock Holmes produced a meticulous plan in order to successfully frame Smith of his crime and gain evidence of the situation. The first step in Homes' plan was that he rejected Dr. Watson's medical assistance and acted as if he was dying. Sherlock Holmes feigned the disease by applying Vaseline to his forehead, using belladonna to make his eyes watery, applying rouge over the cheekbones, and fixing crust from beeswax around his lips. The detective understood that he could not trust Dr. Watson about hiding the truth of his false illness. He knew that keeping the truth from anyone was not a strength Watson obtained. Therefore, Sherlock Holmes kept the secret to himself and pretended that he was extremely ill. Holmes was healthy all along; he believed it was necessary for everyone to believe he was truly sick in order to find Smith guilty. Dr. Watson believed that Holmes was in poor health and offered assistance. As a result, Holmes rejected his offer because he wanted Smith to come to his home as a part of the