Why Sherlock Holmes is Just as Original as C. Auguste Dupin After reading two famous amateur detective stories by Edgar Allan Poe and two by Arthur Conan Doyle‚ I found myself questioning the originality of Doyle’s stories as compared to Poe’s stories. The stories in question are "The Purloined Letter" and "Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Poe and "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" and "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Doyle. All four of these stories had very exciting story lines and had very interesting
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The opening scene of the play is a court. There is a judge facing the audience. Mary Maloney is in the defendants seat ‚ looking very calm. Prosecutor: The defendant‚ Mary Maloney‚ is accused of murdering her husband‚ Patrick Maloney. Although she is currently pregnant‚ I urged your honour not to sympathise with her‚ as evidence shows that she is a cold-blooded killer. Mary Maloney pretends to cry upon hearing that. Defending Lawyer: Objection! No one is guilty until proven so in front of the
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band Dr. Roylott’s personality is detrimental to the success of his objective‚ to murder his stepdaughters. Only reading the first few chapters of the story‚ the author wrote him as a person with an intimidating‚ violent‚ and an enclosed persona. In both his past and present‚ Dr. Grimesby was a man of violence. In addition to his violence‚ he also happened to be out of control and impulsive when he was angry. With his past delinquency‚ it showed not only that he had
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Adventure of the Speckled Band” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is inexplicable. The story‚ appears during April 1883 at Roylott Stokes Moran in England‚ includes a determined man named Sherlock Holmes‚ his thoughtful assistant Dr. Watson‚ a fearful young woman named Helen Stoner‚ and a mischievous man named Dr. Roylott . Sherlock and Watson bulwark Helen Stoner from her step-father Dr. Roylott. Figuring out what caused the death of Helen’s sister‚ Julia‚ was a concern for them‚ as well. Sherlock and Watson
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I am going to analyze how Mary Maloney from Lamb to the Slaughter‚ Mrs. Birling‚ from An Inspector Calls and Angela from the Legacy were able to keep up appearances despite their life´s realities. First of all‚ Mary Maloney simulated appearance despite the fact that she had killed her husband. She acted as a harmless‚ loving and devoting housewife. The way in which she maintained her home‚ the manner in which she arranged for the daily return of her husband from work and her physical appearance
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Appearance versus reality motif means that someone trusts what they see more than what they know and is driven to the looks of a scene‚ object or person versus their “gut feeling” due to inexperience. The Landlady by Roald Dahl is the story of 17-year-old Billy Weaver who traveled to Baths in hopes of finding a job to become closer to becoming a successful businessman. Young Billy trusted his sight rather than what he believed and stayed at a bed and breakfast‚ located in a run-down part of town
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“Sherlock Holmes: Drug Fiend‚ Easily Bored or Just a Depressive?” By Student Word Count: 1258 Citation Style: MLA What is considered a ‘drug’ in any society is invariably a function of social convention. This is not to say that illicit narcotics should not be restricted in their use‚ or that there are no sound reasons for characterizing them in a negative fashion – rather‚ it is that the distinction between what we ingest as either ‘narcotic’ or ‘medicine’ or ‘indulgence’ can not be
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Lamb to the Slaughter Killing your husband is not a big deal‚ right? Not for Mary Maloney. A casual day is not typically when your house is turned into a murder scene. Sometimes you can’t blame people for their impulse actions; for example‚ Mary Maloney. Should Mary face punishment for her wrong doing? Of course not. I’m not agreeing that murder is okay‚ because it most definitely is not. In Mary’s defense‚ her husband‚ whom she loved‚ was happily married to‚ and pregnant with their baby
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Lamb to the Slaughter “So there it is let’s break up. I can’t live with you anymore”‚ he said as he slammed the glass drink on the stool beside him. “I don’t understand‚ how could you do this to me”‚ she quietly said. As soon as she said those words‚ he stood up from his chair and stormed into the bedroom. Mary turned around as though as if she wasn’t hurt and head to the kitchen. She looked in the refrigerator for food and saw that there was nothing. Mary then decided to go to the grocery
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In the short story “The Landlady‚” the author‚ Roald Dahl‚ created suspense through the dialogue‚ character actions‚ and his choice of words when describing scenery or thoughts. The author immediately introduces suspense into the story when he writes in the first paragraph‚ “The air was deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks.” This choice of words seem very foreboding and signal that death is about and that this story will not be a happy one. Once Billy enters the B&B
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