The Adventure Of The Speckled Band Sparknotes

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Dr. Arthur sir Conan Doyle wrote “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” which had taken place in April of 1883, at Stoke Moran. There are multiple characters in the story. Sherlock Holmes is one of the four main characters. Dr. Watson, Helen, and Dr. Roylott are among the other three main characters. Helen had gone to seek help from Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson about her sister’s death. Helens sister had died the eve of her wedding, and Helen is now questioning her death as well as fearing for her own life. Once Helen was finished her conversation with Sherlock and Dr. Watson, she immediately left and moments later, Dr. Roylott had arrived. Once Sherlock had retrieved all the information, he had made plans to investigate Stoke Moran that …show more content…
Helen would light a lantern in the window for them to know when they could sneak in to the house. Helen would then go to a hotel to spend the night. They had stayed up all night, waiting for the whistle to blow. later that night, the whistle had finally blown. They had hurried up to Dr. Roylotts room, and when the entered they saw the venomous snake. The resolution for the mystery is that Dr. Roylott had had set a snake to kill, and had died from being bitten by the speckled band. The resolutions to the interwoven conflicts are that Helen never had to worry and she was finally happy, and able to get married. Sherlock didn’t have to worry about the threats, and society didn’t have to judge Dr. Roylott ever again. The reaction of Helen was happy, Sherlock was proud he solved the case, and Dr. Watson was shocked. Sherlock had finally solved the mystery. He realized that the bed was clamped down so it would be in a fixed position. Dr. Roylott had then put a snake through the vent, and it would go down the rope and land on the bed, then it would bite its victim. This is a foul play mystery because eventually the snake had bitten Dr. Roylott, and had killed him. The last mood shift was petrified to happy., and the last tone shift was challenging to uplifting. Since Dr. Roylott had died, Helen was finally able to get married and start a family. Sherlock Holmes was shocked with the fact that it was foul

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