Engaging the Readers Interest and Imagination in The Speckled Band

How does Conan Doyle Engage the Readers Interest and imagination in

The Speckled Band

The Speckled Band is a story written by Conan Doyle, and is based on

the famous detective; Sherlock Holmes. It is a very exciting story,

and is filled with many twists and turns. Conan Doyle uses many

techniques to make this an interesting and exciting story throughout.

I decided to write about it because I thought that it was very

cleverly written and because the characters were very intriguing and

entertaining. The story is about a woman who goes to Holmes for help,

and she asks him to solve the mystery of her sister’s death. Holmes

accepts and starts to work straight away. He finds out that it was Dr.

Roylott who committed the murder, so that she would not get married

and inherit some of his fortune that her mother had promised each girl

when they get married.

The characters are entertaining, and make you want to read on. This

was shown when Sherlock Holmes met Dr. Roylott for the first time, and

when threatened and bullied by him, instead of cowering down, Holmes

grabbed the bar that Roylott was holding and bent it showing that he

also had power, and was not afraid. This was unexpected because Holmes

isn’t made out to be physically powerful before that point and it

comes unexpectedly. Holmes is also a very clever man. We notice this

many times during the story, but it is probably most notably shown

when they first meet Miss Stoner. This is because he tells us all

about the way that she has come to them by just looking at her, and

her clothing.

Throughout the story the reader is engaged by the question of the

relevance of “The Speckled Band”. This encourages the reader to read

on because they want to know what the Speckled Band is and why the

story was named after it. Conan Doyle uses mystery in the story to

create similar effects. When we find out that the bell rope is in the

room where Miss Stoner dies is fake along with the ventilator that

does not communicate with the outside world we begin to suspect murder

but we don’t know who it is yet so we want to read to the end, and

find out who it is and solve the mystery for ourselves. After

inspecting Miss Stoners room Holmes takes a look at Dr. Roylott’s room

which is the room that the ventilator in Miss Stoner’s room connects

to. In the Doctors room we find a safe which is suspicious because

they are not wealthy people, therefore what is in the safe would