and movie “The Speckled Band” have many similarities. Julia’s room in both the story‚ and movie was the same. In the movie it looked exactly like what was described in the book. Also when Julia’s hair started to whiten. In the movie you could see when she was just about to die her hair did start to turn a grayish-white‚ and in the book it said that her hair was starting to turn white too. Also when Dr.Roylott came into Sherlock’s office Sherlock was calm. In the movie Sherlock was very calm compared
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The Sherlock Holmes in the parallel worlds The concept of parallel universe states that the same person in these universe will hold different personalities‚ or to certain extent‚ different fates. The book The Sign of Four‚ The Adventure of the Empty House and the BBC TV series‚ The Empty Hearse‚ are just like parallel worlds for Sherlock. In these worlds‚ the differences can be best illustrate through his hobbies and his masculinity portrayals. Though‚ one could argue that the time setting in these
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Comparing the Speckled Band and Lamb to the Slaughter The Speckled Band was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. Lamb to the Slaughter was written by Roald Dahl in 1954. Detective stories mainly base themselves around solving murder cases; the reader is taken on a journey to find who is guilty and their motive which is normally along the lines of greed‚ loneliness and hatred. ‘The Speckled Band’ is written in 1st person and the story is narrated by Dr Watson‚ Sherlock Holmes’ partner. Helen
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The film of Sherlock Holmes is an open mystery--which means the identity of the perpetrator is already released in the beginning of the movie and it also display the “perfect crime” of the perpetrator throughout the movie. We can tell that is a open mystery because the first scene of the movie is where Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are trying to prevent a black magic ritual that is run by Lord Blackwood. The police immediately arrested Lord Blackwood then few months later he got sentenced to death
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Holmes is correct in his conclusion that "doctors make the greatest criminals." In his story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" we learn about a doctor who kills his one step daughter and is planning to kill his other step daughter to get this late wife’s money all for himself. "When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals He has nerve and he has knowledge" stated Holmes. I agree with this statement because physicians are experts in medication which can be toxic. Doctors also know
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Sherlock Holmes is a very strange man. He is a detective who can solve a mystery without even seeing what seems to be like too much evidence. His ethics are very interesting. He believes that murder cases turn out to have very complex ways of happening. He does not believe in the solar system‚ which the narrator thought was very weird. His decision to join the case to help was a just decision‚ because without him the case wouldn’t have been solved correctly. Holmes seems to always stick with his
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band The story is called ’The Adventure of the Speckled Band’ and is a detective fiction. It is set in the year 1983. Evidence from the text to show this is where it says‚ ’year ’83’. The main settings are Baker Street (city) and Stoke Moran (countryside). The story is very appealing as it has use of the ’Locked Room’ mystery; which in those days was very popular. The mentioning of exotic animals is also very exciting and has a good effect on readers. It may
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Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is one of‚ if not‚ the most iconic literary character ever in text due to the fact that this character has been adapted and recreated from the original texts by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to films‚ stage plays‚ television series’ etc. The first text to be printed was in 1887 but due to Sherlock Holmes signature key elements‚ he has been endured enough to stay relevant to this very day. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by British author‚ Sir Arthur Conan
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Which clues did Sherlock Holmes focus on and how did those clues help him solve the case? There are many clues detectives need to solve mysteries. Often times‚ detective use unconvential ways to solve cases. Although these clues may not be obvious‚ Holmes always finds a way to find culprit. The stories Copper Beaches‚ the Speckled Band‚ and The Beryl Coronet‚ show how Holmes methodically uses the information inquired to crack the case. In the story‚ Copper Beaches‚ Violet tells Holmes‚ “She must wear
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Wong 10-20-10 Betz Period 5 Sherlock Holmes: 1930-Present Sherlock Holmes‚ originally casted with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in the 1930’s‚ has been a classic since it first came out. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce starred in three movies: The Hound Of The Baskervilles‚ Terror By Night‚ and The Women In Green. These were the three original films created in the late 1930’s and mid 1940’s. As years passes‚ new directors decided to create their own Sherlock Holmes film with a new cast. In 1979
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