The Beryl Comparison Of Sherlock Holmes And The Speckled Band
Choose three of the short mystery stories we have studied. In the three you have chosen write about how successful the authors have been in describing the creation of atmosphere, memorable characters and vivid settings.
We have been studying four mystery stories, written before 1900. ‘The Beryl Coronet’ ‘The Adventure of the Engineers Thumb’ ‘The Speckled Band’ All written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ‘The Monkeys Paw’ written by W.W.Jacob’s. Three of the stories feature Sherlock Holmes, the famous Victorian detective solving the case. I have chosen to write about ‘The Monkeys Paw’ ‘The Speckled Band’ and ‘The Adventure of the Engineers Thumb’. All three stories feature memorable uses of atmosphere, characters and setting.
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He is memorable in “The Speckled Band” because he’s not afraid or intimidated by anything. When Dr Grimesby Roylott went to 221B Baker Street to tell Sherlock Holmes to back off and leave his stepdaughter alone, he bent the poker and threw it in to the fire and said “I am a dangerous man to fall foul of!” and Sherlock also knew Dr Grimesby Roylott had killed before and was capable of doing it again Sherlock just laughed and said “He seems like a very amiable person”. He didn’t feel threatened of worried about Dr Grimesby Roylott. Sherlock is also a extremely clever man he could tell when Helen got to his rooms how she travelled just by a few spatters of mud on her coat. “There is no mystery, my dear madam,’ ‘the left arm of your jacket is spattered with mud in no less than seven places’”. He also managed to solve the mystery of Julia’s death and the whistling Helen had been hearing with minimum clues.
Sherlock Holmes is a memorable character in “The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb”, but he isn’t as memorable is this story as he is in “The Speckled Band” because in “The Speckled Band” he works out all the clues and solves the mystery but in “The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb” He is given all the clues he just has to put them all together to get the
We have been studying four mystery stories, written before 1900. ‘The Beryl Coronet’ ‘The Adventure of the Engineers Thumb’ ‘The Speckled Band’ All written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ‘The Monkeys Paw’ written by W.W.Jacob’s. Three of the stories feature Sherlock Holmes, the famous Victorian detective solving the case. I have chosen to write about ‘The Monkeys Paw’ ‘The Speckled Band’ and ‘The Adventure of the Engineers Thumb’. All three stories feature memorable uses of atmosphere, characters and setting.
The characters …show more content…
He is memorable in “The Speckled Band” because he’s not afraid or intimidated by anything. When Dr Grimesby Roylott went to 221B Baker Street to tell Sherlock Holmes to back off and leave his stepdaughter alone, he bent the poker and threw it in to the fire and said “I am a dangerous man to fall foul of!” and Sherlock also knew Dr Grimesby Roylott had killed before and was capable of doing it again Sherlock just laughed and said “He seems like a very amiable person”. He didn’t feel threatened of worried about Dr Grimesby Roylott. Sherlock is also a extremely clever man he could tell when Helen got to his rooms how she travelled just by a few spatters of mud on her coat. “There is no mystery, my dear madam,’ ‘the left arm of your jacket is spattered with mud in no less than seven places’”. He also managed to solve the mystery of Julia’s death and the whistling Helen had been hearing with minimum clues.
Sherlock Holmes is a memorable character in “The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb”, but he isn’t as memorable is this story as he is in “The Speckled Band” because in “The Speckled Band” he works out all the clues and solves the mystery but in “The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb” He is given all the clues he just has to put them all together to get the