Dr. Grimesby Roylott is a tall well-built man with bile shot eyes‚ thousands of wrinkles and a flesh nose‚ which gives him the impression of an old bird of prey. He wears; a hunting – crop‚ a black top hat‚ long frock – coat‚ high gaiters. This is stated when Watson recounts one of the many cases with Sherlock Holmes. He uses fraises like “a thousand wrinkles‚ burned yellow with the sun‚ and marked with every evil passion.” And “his high‚ thin‚ fleshless nose‚ gave him somewhat the resemblance to
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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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has died mysteriously. The murderer turned out to be their step-father‚ Dr. Grimesby Roylott. In return for this wrongdoing‚ the consequence for Dr. Roylott was his life; he was bitten by a snake he used to poison Julia Stoner. What happened to Dr. Roylott correlates with the saying that was previously stated‚ because what he did to Julia eventually came back and bit him in the rear end. To begin‚ Dr. Grimesby Roylott had a past in which he was violent and brutal. For instance‚ in Calcutta‚ India
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Holmes is not guilty for the killing of Dr. Roylott. There are various reasons as to why Sherlock is not guilty. Sherlock was not even in the same room as Dr. Roylott when he met his demise. There were various in clues in Dr. Roylott’s room; hence‚ you can predict that he pre-planned the killings. Sherlock Holmes is not guilty for Dr. Roylott’s sudden demise. Sherlock Holmes had no way of knowing that Dr. Roylott was situated in the chair. Dr. Roylott had trained the snake to slither into the
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guilty of the demise of Dr. Roylott. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson‚ when in the room of Helen Stoner‚ waited for evidence for the cause of Julia Stoner’s death. When Sherlock Holmes hit the ventilator‚ he startled Dr. Watson. When both men traveled to the room of Dr. Roylott‚ they saw that Dr. Roylott was dead‚ with a speckled band-the deadliest snake in India- wrapped around his head. The cause of Dr.Roylott’s death was not Sherlock Holmes’s accountability. Dr. Roylott knew about the animals from
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In what ways is Roylott presented as a typical villain? The speckled band is a short story from the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and is written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is a typical traditional detective story‚ of which there was a raise in demand during the Victorian era‚ as there were famous murders happening such as Jack the Ripper and Sweeny Todd as London was consumed with crime at this time. There developed a stereotypical image of villains in detective genres and they were meant to
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Sherlock was not guilty due to the fact he did not know that Dr. Roylott would be bit by a snake; swamp adder. In the story‚ “The Adventures of the Speckled Band‚” Dr. Roylott was murdered by his snake the he had trained over a period of time. Audience may believe that Sherlock was guilty and many think that he was not. In Sherlock’s offense‚ he did not mean to kill Dr. Roylott; meaning that the murder of Dr. Roylott was not premeditated. Also‚ Sherlock was self-defending himself. Sherlock did not
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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 the capacity to kill (murdering his butler)‚ but he did it without thinking it through and on impulse (just for a robbery). Making him a main suspect for the crime that he was planning to get away with. Mr. Roylott was also quite clever and secretive.
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intimidated by anything. When Dr Grimesby Roylott went to 221B Baker Street to tell Sherlock Holmes to back off and leave his stepdaughter alone‚ he bent the poker and threw it in to the fire and said “I am a dangerous man to fall foul of!” and Sherlock also knew Dr Grimesby Roylott had killed before and was capable of doing it again Sherlock just laughed and said “He seems like a very amiable person”. He didn’t feel threatened of worried about Dr Grimesby Roylott. Sherlock is also a extremely clever
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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
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