Analysis Of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure Of The Speckled Band

Sherlock Holmes:” The Adventure of the Speckled Band”

In the story, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author portrayed multiple conflicts between various characters. Some of the characters include the outgoing detective, Sherlock Holmes, the helpful medical doctor, Dr. Watson, the murderous step-father, Dr. Roylott and his timid step-daughter, Helen Stoner. The setting of the story was during April 1883 in England at the Roylott, Stoke Manor. The story began when Helen Stoner met with Sherlock Holmes and his loyal partner, Dr. Watson. She explained the main conflict; she feared for her life and was suspicious about her sister, Julia’s, death on the eve of Julia’s wedding. With the concern of Helen’s

Watson about a strange faint whistle she would hear during the night. In addition, she explained how her sister had heard the same sound before her death. Sherlock and Watson agreed how this was a serious situation, causing them to create a plan to meet at Helen’s home later that afternoon without her stepfather’s knowledge. After Helen leaves, her evil stepfather barged into Sherlock and Watsons’ home, threatening Sherlock and Watson to stay away from Helen and himself. Later, Sherlock and Watson visit Helen in her home, the Roylott, Stone Manor. During the story, Sherlock Holmes was the protagonist whereas Dr. Roylott was the antagonist. In the story, Sherlock was adventurous, and quite perceptive; whereas Roylott was mischievous and intimidating. Sherlock was the protagonist, because he discovered many of the secrets in the house. On the other hand, Dr. Roylott was the antagonist, because he was the person who was hiding all of the secrets of the house from Sherlock. The conflict between both Sherlock and Roylott is a man versus man conflict. The three interwoven conflicts in the story are important. One of the three interwoven conflicts was that Dr. Roylott had abused his poor stepdaughters; because of that, it is a man versus man conflict that is external. In addition, Helen did not have a mother, causing the stepfather to have full custody of his

After seeing the dummy rope and ventilator, he knew it must have been a passageway from one room to the next. Additionally, he thought that Dr. Roylott had trained the snake to return back to the safe with the low whistle in which Helen and Julia had heard. Putting all of the clues together caused Sherlock to fully understand the case. That is how Sherlock solved the case. Sherlock Holmes would have solved this fairly odd case quite easily if it were not for all of the foul play involved. This story was a foul play mystery, because Dr. Roylott had used false clues to throw Sherlock off. An example would be when Sherlock asked what was in Roylott’s safe and was told the papers, instead of a deadly snake. The ending mood of the story was a happy mood. The ending tone was an uplifting tone of the story. The mood and tone were both positive, because Dr. Roylott was dead; he had caused trouble for multiple people. Due to Dr. Roylott’s death, Helen was pleased her troublesome stepfather was dead! Helen was able to marry her beloved fiancé, as well as move wherever she pleased. At the end of the story, Sherlock Holmes was alleviated that the doctor is dead. Although the doctor was Helen’s stepfather, he was the antagonist and gave everyone a hard time; therefore they were relieved that Dr. Roylott had died in the story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” written by Sir Arthur Conan