The Adventure Of The Speckled Band By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the intriguing novella, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” in which he wrote about the intense and observant detective Sherlock Holmes and his competent colleague Dr. Watson on their quest to solve Helen Stoner’s mysterious case. It was early April, 1883, at Stoke Moran, the home of Dr. Grimesby Roylott, the abusive stepfather of Helen and Julia Stoner. Helen Stoner appeared at Mr. Holmes’ and Dr. Watson’s residence in a distraught state. Stoner had been referred to the brilliant detective by a previous client of Holmes. At the request of Sherlock Holmes, Helen Stoner explained her concerns with intricate detail. She shared information about her anti-social and controlling stepfather who had spent time working
John Watson sneakily enter the premises of Stoke Moran late that night after Dr. Grimesby Roylott goes to his bedroom. They cautiously made their way towards Helen’s room, as they knew Dr. Roylott owned a baboon and a cheetah due to his fiery passion for Indian animals. Once in the room, Holmes and Watson sat at attention in Helen’s chamber waiting for any clues to assist in the mystery. After hours of anxiously waiting, a low whistle pierced the silence of the night. Shortly thereafter, Holmes sprang into action, yelling and screaming, thrashing his cane at what seemed to be nothing. They left Helen’s room, quickly at the sound of an awful cry. Upon entering the room they saw nothing except the lifeless body of Dr. Grimesby Roylott and a speckled band which was a swamp adder slithering away. Finally, everything became crystal clear. The death of Julia, the snake, the sounds, and the items in Dr. Roylott’s made sense. Helen was furious at Dr. Roylott as he was responsible for the unfortunate death of Julia Stoner. Everybody was surprised and enraged by Dr. Roylott’s actions and his dark secret, to which nobody knew. Sherlock Holmes wistfully explained the events that had occurred; moreover, how he solved the once challenging
Roylott’s elaborate scheme to take his stepdaughter’s capital. Dr. Roylott brought back his snake from India; furthermore, he trained it using the milk. He put the snake in the ventilator where it would travel to his stepdaughter’s room, down the bell rope, falling on the secured bed, and hopefully killing the room’s occupant with its venomous fangs. When Dr. Roylott would blow the whistle, the swamp adder would retreat back into his room. When Holmes heard the hiss of the snake, and saw it in the ventilator, he angered it by hitting it with his cane. The angry snake attacked Dr. Roylott when it arrived back into the other room; thus, Sherlock Holmes was partly to blame for the death of Dr. Grimesby Roylott. Helen Stoner cheerfully carried on with her life; while Holmes and Watson went back to their normal routine, satisfied with the case’s outcome. A variety of true clues and red herrings were utilized in this composition. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created a variety of false clues to misguide the audience. For example, Julia’s dying breath was “speckled band.” Helen associated this with the gypsies who lived on her stepfather’s property; though it was actually Dr. Roylott who committed the felony. Furthermore, the usage of a true clue was when Sherlock Holmes discover that the bed in Helen’s room was harnessed to the floor, ensuring the snake would fall directly upon the bed’s occupant. As the