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    "The Adventures of the Speckled Band"‚ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a mysterious story in which a detective‚ Sherlock Holmes‚ investigated the strange happenings that had occurred in Stoke Moran Manor during 1883 in England. It all began with a woman named Helen Stoner who went to visit Sherlock‚ and his assistant Dr. Watson. Once they were listening intently‚ Helen explained how her sister Julia died years ago on the eve of her wedding. Helen was frightened for her life‚ with her own impending wedding

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    the true nature of the characters detective Sherlock Holmes and the psychologist Sigmund Freud. Although‚ both of the characters shared similarities and differences in their professional methods that they used in their career‚ the two characters were both monumental figures that changed the human history through their brilliance in work. First‚ there are many similarities between the characters Sherlock Holmes and Sigmund Freud. For example‚ both Holmes and Freud smoked tobacco preferably both tried

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    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

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    “The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ a mystery story‚ was more interesting than its movie version because it has more details of the characters and places‚ that give you a better understanding of the story. In the book there are more details about the places that the characters go‚ so that helps you to get a better picture of what is going on. For example in the book It describes Stoke Moran as a decrepit ‚old ‚rundown estate‚ but in the movie the mansion is in pretty

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    The Adventure of the Speckled Band “Remember the unkindness‚ dishonesty‚ and deception you display towards others‚ don’t be shocked when it comes back to bite you” (Moores). Dr. Grimesby Roylott‚ a heinous and sadistic character‚ from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s story‚ “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”‚ comes face to face with his criminal serpent and dies from being injected with its venom. He had planned to execute Helen by sending his snake compatriot to instill its venom into her body‚ but his

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    Sherlock Holmes: Explore the reasons behind the enduring popularity. One of the main reasons for the enduring popularity of Sherlock Holmes from the time it was written to the present day was the way that all the stories were told through the eyes of Dr. Watson. This showed how incredible Sherlock Holmes was when his own powers of deduction could see a lot more clues and evidence from the same hat as we the reader could see. Also with Watson being the narrator‚ we are kept in suspense as to what

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    person. Sherlock Holmes is not an average person though. He has the ability to find out things that other people cannot in a short amount of time. Holmes knows exactly what to look for in each type of crime that he is investigating. It does not matter the size of the crime that has been committed Holmes will find a way to figure it out. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle portrays Sherlock Holmes in The Blue Carbuncle as cunning‚ admirable‚ and remarkable. Doyle does this by giving details about the way Holmes finds

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    NAME: Ishita Chaudhary [ishichaudhary@gmail.com] ROLL No.: 016 CLASS: SYBA ‘A’ I have taken up the brand of ‘Sherlock Holmes’‚ the character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ from its inception in the 19th century till present day. INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first introduced Sherlock Holmes to the reading public in 1887‚ nothing could have prepared him for the fact he had created a character who was destined to become the most famous detective in the world

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    Adventure of the Speckled Band‚” in which he wrote about the intense and observant detective Sherlock Holmes on his 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 distraught state. Stoner had been referred to the brilliant detective by a previous client of Holmes. At the request of Sherlock Holmes‚ Helen Stoner

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    Yes! Sherlock Holmes sets both free! But for stealing a jewel and a goose? In my opinion‚ Sherlock Holmes positively made the wrong decision by letting Ryder and Catharine free. That means‚ Sherlock Holmes also broke the law! Sherlock should have never let them go‚ because no one never knows if Ryder and Catharine will commit another crime or not. If Ryder and Catharine do commit a crime again‚ then the siblings might do something ever bigger than before! In the first place‚ Sherlock Holmes should

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