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    “killer” is the entire train cabin. It turns out our “victim” Mr. Ratchett was a kidnapper who kidnapped and murdered his victims. The killers were relatives of the true victims. Mr. Ratchett was actually Cassetti, a kidnapper and murderer of the young Daisy Armstrong for money. The Armstrong family murdered Ratchett because he escaped punishment in the U.S due to bureaucracy. So average citizens had no other choice except to take it upon themselves and be punish the evils of the world. Just because

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    Baskerville and a cunning and eccentric detective. Sherlock Holmes is thought of as a highly mannered but stubborn man whom is willing to get to the bottom of any case. “Watson examines a mysterious cane left in the office by an unknown visitor, and Holmes sits with his facing his friend. Holmes asks Watson what he makes of it, and Watson declares that his friend must “have eyes in the back of [his] head,” since he saw what he was doing. Holmes then admits

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    In the given text The Adventure of the speckled band Sherlock holmes said that doctors make the greatest criminals there are many reason why this is so we will discuss those reasons and give details as to why this is so. In the book a young woman comes to visit Holmes very distraught her sister had been murdered and she suspected her father had done it and was frightened the same thing would happen to her. Holmes and Watson go and investigate the room and find a vent leading to nowhere they then

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    Holmes and Watson in the Detective Genre The detective performs a key role in the story and provides hope to the reader, especially in the time when Sherlock Holmes was written. Victorian life was hard, law-less and dangerous and especially in London. In every story Conan Doyle A vital component to the detective genre is the sleuth himself who in these stories is portrayed as a convincing, sharp, and witty character; a gentleman with intelligence, more so than the reader and side kick

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    The Speckled Band

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    In the text, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle there was a mystery in which a young woman was killed. There are a number of clues that came together to help the crime be committed. The crime was done by Dr.Roylott because he had tamed the swamp adder to go and come into Julia's room through the ventilator. One clue that lead Holmes closer to the solution was the dummy bell rope. It was used by the snake that climb down it and go into the bed of Julia Stover. Another

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    who this famous man really was. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22nd of 1859 to Charles Doyle and Mary Foley in Edwardian England, he was the third child but first boy born to the young couple. Eventually they had 9 children in all, 7 of which made it into adulthood and 2 of those were male. Mary adored young Arthur and filled his head with romantic stories of their Irish heritage. She was a vivacious woman full of family pride. Charles Doyle was a seemingly depressed alcoholic that did not

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    background is screaming with fire images and this made viewers think the movie was about crime and sex. Following the opening scenes, the film also pointed out the close-to-perfect teamwork of maybe the not so professional detective and his genius young computer hacker assistant. They were from different backgrounds, but agreed to work together and aid each other at part of the team, and eventually fell in love. Stenport, Anna W., and Cecilia O. Alm. "Corporations, Crime, and Gender Construction

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    In chapter five Holmes and watson go to sir henry's hotel, holmes thinks that the other people at the hotel can be connected to the man watching him because the man watching him is keeping his distance when they get to his room sir henry is angry because someone stoles an old black boot leaving one brown one and one black one. He apologizes for getting angry over something so small but the boots mean a lot more to holmes than the rest of them. Holmes ask sir henry if he knows anyone with a black

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    they are as a person despite what they say. Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of The Baskervilles, follows the story of a master detective Sherlock Holmes and his helper Dr. Mortimer, as they go on a hunt to track down and stop the threatening Hound of The Baskervilles, which tries to kill the Baskervilles family line. With the first kill of Sir Charles, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Mortimer do all in their power try to protect Sir Henry from this monstrous beast. By going to Baskerville hall near the moor

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    One of Franklin’s major contribution to the plot was that he was the one who gave information about the man living on the tor, “You’ll be surprised to hear that his food is taken to him by a child,” (Doyle 173). This would lead to Watson to find Sherlock on the tor. His daughter, Laura Lyons, is a correspondent with Mr. Stapleton, “One was Mr. Stapleton, a neighbor and intimate friend of Sir Charles,” (Doyle 163). She was suspected of helping Stapleton with the

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