Philip Marlowe

main character, Philip Marlowe, is a new type of detective who represents someone who makes jokes and seems to be at ease with people of all standing, and the simple fact that Marlowe enjoys the company of women and women enjoy his company also sets him apart from the rest of the detectives of the time period (Dugdale). Despite the many similarities existing within the plot and characters such as Carmen Sternwood, a few key changes within the depiction of Detective Philip Marlowe differentiate the

Marlowe - The Big Sleep What are my traits? Marlowe runs a single man operation out of the Cahuenga building in Los Angeles. He is tall and big enough to take care of himself. And his interests are Liquor, women, reading, chess and working alone. He is educated enough that he can speak English ‘if he's required to'. Marlowe used to work for the district attorney, but was fired for insubordination. Philip Marlowe, a private detective. Tall, dark, and rugged, with a poker face and a quick

naturally expect to encounter, is much more the opposite. The unconventional hero in this case would be the suggested “protagonist” names Philip Marlowe. He plays a cynical man who appears to not need any additional company but his own when solving the crimes committed around town. That is one of the most appealing features that caught my attention about Marlowe. He entertains the reader with his bravery and ambiguous heroism throughout the corrupt streets of L.A. Corruption, murder and this complicated

The depiction of Marlowe as a modern-day knight The novel “The Big Sleep” by Raymond Chandler was published in 1939 during the heart of the Great Depression. The novel is written in a very sinister, dark and kind of a gangster tone and carries much of the cynicism of 1930s America. The Big Sleep is a story of intrigue, corruption, delinquency and obliquity with a rather complex plot which can be very confusing. The main character in “the Big Sleep” is the private detective Philip Marlow who is very

The Big Sleep, in which Philip Marlowe is hired to investigate the blackmail of a rich man with two troublesome, fun-loving daughters. As Marlowe gains more information throughout the course of his investigation, he becomes closer with the daughters, Vivian and Carmen Sternwood, and learns many dirty secrets about the family and people close to them. This becomes as much of an exploration of the exploitation of General Sternwood, as much as it is an exploration of Marlowe himself and his role in

Instead of revolving around romance and love like most stories, The Long Goodbye focuses on a mysterious but special friendship between Detective Philip Marlowe and Terry Lennox. With the iconic character Philip Marlowe, one would not expect he to be the kind of man that needs friendship, but this story just goes to show that friendship is desired by all people. We see how important it is to him throughout the novel and the film with

Kristen Charles - Francis ENG 3115-01 Professor Galgan 10/21/17 Formal Essay: Compare and Contrast Spade and Marlowe When you first read or watch something dealing with detectives, as an observer, you must always pay attention to the actions of the characters. The characters are what makes detective stories mysterious, because each character is looked upon as a suspect and for the detective to figure out a solution, he must study everyone 's actions, changes in their mood and character

In a world delineated through images of disease and corruption the use of a hero becomes all the more necessary. In Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep, the narrator associates the protagonist, Philip Marlowe, with a knight. In more ways than one, Chandler establishes that Marlowe has a strict code of conduct synonymous to the rules of chivalry. For example, he resists the temptations of lust whenever Sternwood’s daughters attempt to seduce him, displaying a certain medieval-like ideal of courtly love;

In Raymond Chandler’s novel The Big Sleep, a private detective is trying to unravel a blackmailing case for a dying millionaire, General Sternwood. Philip Marlowe, the detective, finds that the case not only involves blackmail, but also homicide. Set and written in 1930’s America, the economic devastation of the Great Depression has a significant influence on the book’s plot, and showcases character’s struggle to retain honor and virtue in a world that revolves around profit-seeking delinquency and

psychologically, a force which is inevitable. In The Big Sleep, a conversation between Philip Marlowe and Vivien Sternwood is proceeding, in which Marlowe is offered $15,000 to be silenced over the disappearance of Rusty Regan, and within the conversation the reader is given an insight into the motivations and morals of Marlowe, and his own personal view of the topic in