The Speckled Band

Comparing the Portrayals of the Villains from Tell-Tale Heart and The Speckled Band The two villains in “Tell-Tail Heart” and “The Speckled Band” both have similarities and differences in their portrayals of murder, conveyed in the stories. They have disparities between motives and methods of murder, although there is a resemblance in the masterminds of murder. The villain in “The Speckled Band”, Dr. Grimsby Roylott was married to Mrs. Stoner in India who is prosperous with her wealth, but she had died in a train crash and bequeathed the sum of £1000 to Dr. Roylott.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was the author of the story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”. In “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” the main characters are Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Helen Stoner, and Dr. Roylott. The story takes place in April 1883 at the Roylott, Stoke Maron Manor. The exposition is when Helen thoroughly explained her case to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The main conflict is Helen Stoner fears for her life and has suspicions about her sister’s death on the eve of her marriage. After Helen enlightened the two detectives on her predicament, Helen was informed that her case was extremely dire and she should be aware of the dangers of being in the house.

The mysterious and extraordinary story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” depicts a murder, which is investigated by a clever detective. “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” was created by the intriguing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The passage includes the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, the loyal Dr. Watson, the infamous Dr. Roylott, and the passive Helen Stoner. The story takes place in in a small village in Stoke Moran, during April of the year 1883. Helen Stoner starts the story when she confides in Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson about the death of her sister, Julia, and possibly her life as well. Helen Stoner proceeds to inform Holmes and Watson that she wants them to investigate the death of her sister, and a possible breach in her safety.

Through out the story, Roylott is overall presented as threatening, dangerous and a intelligent man. This can be identified through his appearance, behaviour and motives, there is also evidence of this personality in the story. Also, Conan Doyle uses various phrases and words to describe him which suggests the man to be dangerous.

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Sherlock Holmes used his observance to come to the conclusion that occurred at the end of “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” transcribed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In April 1883, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson experienced an encounter with Helen Stoner; Helen requested that Sherlock and Watson look into the case of her sister’s death. Holmes and Watson were recommended by a mutual friend of Helen’s. Helen Stoner and Dr. Roylott lived in Stoke Moran. Dr. Roylott, Helen’s stepfather, was an aggressive man. After Helen Stoner’s mother had perished, Dr. Roylott was left with her will until each girl got married. When married each girl would get one third of the money. Helen’s sister, Julia, had

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 Culture of the Youth changes like the glass bottle that breaks into pieces with a loud noise that spreads in split seconds. Even in that moment, the response at the momentous move by the emotions determined by feelings. From the textbook “Hurt 2.0”, Clark describes today’s teen as abandoned. They are “hurt” and living in the world of pain. They basically live in a world “beneath” the world of adults. They have a completely different set of survival skills than what their parents or grandparents experienced. The difference between the two generations cannot be always understandable toward each other, since the culture changes like every second and the borderline that separates the teen world from the adult world is getting deeper. The Culture

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle utilizes many/several detail-oriented literary elements to develop the many adventures of the famous fictional British detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner, John Watson. Long winded description and complex vocabulary are infused into Doyle’s writing to accentuate Holmes’s great intelligence. By incorporating such a heavy, educated tone upon the mysteries, the tales of Sherlock Holmes are expressed as very complicated stories that challenge readers in comprehension as well as encourage curiosity through puzzling cases.

One way Edgar Allan Poe creates a sense of tension in the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” is by developing an unreliable narrator. When the narrator in the story becomes suspicious of the old man's eye winds up driving him crazy and ended up killing the old man. it suggests that he this shows that he is starting to hallucinate because he knew that killing him was wrong.. This causes the reader to…..to think that the narrator is losing control himself. Later in the story it states , “I gasped for breath-and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly- more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased”( Poe 630). This quote shows how the man ended up going out of his mind because of what happened.

The setting is very important in mystery stories because it establishes where the mystery will take place. In ‘the speckled band’ the setting is a gothic manor, this fits within the time period and can be imagined as gloomy and mysterious, perfect for the story line.

to kill Helen Stoner was so he would not have to give his late wife's

Conan Doyle in “The Speckled Band” allows Sherlock Holmes to discover clues that he relays to Watson allowing the reader to get a feeling for what is to come. The clues that are discovered may not help the reader solve the mystery, but that is why Doyle’s stories have lasted for ever because they keep the readers guessing. During the story, Holmes points out several important clues including the dummy bell pull connected

"The prince had provided all the appliances of pleasure. There were buffoons, there were improvisatori, there were ballet-dancers, there were musicians, there was Beauty, there was wine. All these and security were within. Without was the 'Red Death,'" (209). As Edgar Allen Poe set the scene for his story, he also created an ominous mood and a sense of suspense supported by the setting. He details the fun and amusement inside the prince's abbey, in contrast to the horror and doom outside, and the reader's curiosity is piqued, because such bliss cannot be maintained for long. Throughout the story Poe explicates and changes elaborate environments to build the suspenseful

While the men in the story where playing Sherlock Holmes looking for evidence that Mrs. Wright killed her husband, they missed the bad fruit and the bread left out of the bow, a quilt that was not finished and had a few bad stiches, an unclean table and a birdcage that was empty. They were so determined to find specific clues of the murder, that they missed the clues of the emotional abuse that Mrs. Wright was subjected to from her husband. They were also so busy criticizing everything that Mrs. Wright did or did not do, that they missed everything that was right in front of their eyes. They even slipped with some sexist remarks Mr. Hale says ‘Well, women are used to worrying over trifles’, not realizing that the women were in the room.