The Adventure Of The Speckled Band By Arthur Conan Doyle

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A doctor’s job is as a well trusted member of society who takes care of the ill and makes sure the healthy stay that way. This representation of a doctor can only be applied to some doctors. Other doctors are nothing but criminals and crooks out to lie, cheat, and steal from the populous in order to better themselves. In the short story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” by Arthur Conan Doyle the main antagonist Dr. Roylott is one of these doctors. Doctors who choose to take this route have distinct advantage by being doctors. Doctors have their knowledge, money, and influence to make them great criminals.

A doctor spends 22 years of their life in school to become a doctor and that's a lot of school and a lot to learn. Dr Roylott used his immense knowledge pool to find out about alternative methods to murder that appear random and accidental. Other doctors use their knowledge of the body to change or alter the way someone's body work. They can even use that knowledge in a more straightforward approach by knowing where to attack to make it quick. They also can gain knowledge in their place of work through conversations with patients and over hearing conversations in the lobby.

Money not only makes a doctor a potent criminal it can also be the driving force behind all the actions of
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Dr. Roylott showed his influence in the fear he brought about in people however that may have been to him as a person rather than him as a doctor. Doctors do have influence over people though either by threatening their health or safety of increasing fees to get what they want. A doctor also has influence in their town as a prominent figure and a recognized as a smart individual. Do not forget the other things doctors have influence of life and death. A doctor can control weather you live or you die under the knife so it is very important to trust them and make sure they are

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