Similar Plot of Muder Mysteries
The structures of the two stories are very different, with The
Speckled Band story unfolding in chronological order, finding out the
murderer right at the end, however in the Lamb to the Slaughter, the
murderer is known at the beginning of the story.
The two stories are seen from two different points of view,
first-person narratorinTheSpeckled Band as Dr Watson acharacter within
the story and therefore limited in understanding and the
all-knowingthird-person narratoror omniscient in Lamb to the Slaughter
as the narrator stands outside the story itself and guide the reader's
understanding of characters and the significance of their story.
Most murder mysteries have the typical victims, murderers, and
detectives, this is especially true in the older murder mysteries by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Speckled Band has a typical detective, the
famous detective being Sherlock Holmes with his deer stalker hat and
pipe always deep in thought about the investigation "his arms folded,
his hat pulled down over his eyes, and his chin sunk upon his breast,
buried in the deepest thought". But in the Lamb to the Slaughter the
detectives are so foolish and naives, a complete contrast to Sherlock
Holmes. Sherlock Holmes comes across as a typical fictional detective.
In addition Miss Stoner, in The Speckled Band is a typical victim,
vulnerable, anxious, weak and scared. She say's " It is not cold which
makes me shiver", she was worried for her life. This line grips the
reader and we can sense that something sinister is about to happen.
Also in The Speckled Band, Dr Roylott, is the evil, plotting, devious,
fictional murderer, this character was portrayed in most murder
mysteries stories written in the late 19 century. The Speckled Band
was written in 1892.
In the Lamb to the Slaughter we had no idea who the murderer and
victim were going to be until the murder had been committed, in fact
you might of thought the roles would have been reversed once reading
the first few pages. The detectives in the story are portrayed as
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Dahl, Robert. "Lamb to the Slaughter." 1961. Elements of Literature. Vol. 4. N.p.: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 2007. 379-86. Print.
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