The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Author: Sir Arthur Coman Doyle
Setting: Surrey, a suburb of london in 1883
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson, Helen Stoner, Grimesby Roylott.
Exposition: The story begins with Watson narrating everything that happened in that morning, and also the other characters were presented. Mrs. Stoner started saying that something triggered her and that
Rising action: Mrs. Watson told the story the story about the murder to Sherlock Holmes and Watson; also Watson and Sherlock met Mr. Roylott.
Climax: Holmes attacks the snake, and this one turns on its master and kills him.
Falling action: Sherlock and Watson enter Dr. Roylott’s room and find him dead by the attack of the serpent. Also Sherlock doesn't know how to tell Mrs. Stoner that he came to an erroneous conclusion.
Resolution: Holmes concluded the case by capturing the snake and locking it, so it wouldn’t attack anybody.
New resolution: Sherlock and Watson find out that the one responsible for the murder was Mrs. Stoner, meaning that there was a plot twist in the story. She did that because she wanted to receive higher maintenance.
Conflict: The types of conflict found in the story are Man vs Man, which is shown when Sherlock talked to Mr. Roylott, but he was kind of harsh or very aggressive if we may say. As a result of his behaviour there was a lot of tension between both of them. Another type of conflict is Man vs Society is shown when Mrs. Stoner wasn’t able to prove her suspicions. Man vs Nature because of the attack from the snake.
Theme: The theme of the story is justice and maybe empathy. Justice because it is something that should always be applied in any kind of situation; and empathy because before we judge a person or determine who they are, we should at least spend a day in their shoes. That was what happened with Sherlock, he didn’t had enough info, and already determined that the responsible for the accident was Mr. Roylott, when it was something else.
Tone: The narrator's voice created excitement and suspense. He also used a kind of complex language.
Mood: During the whole story, I felt intrigued about who was guilty of the crime, and what the whistling meant.
