Sir Arthur Conan Doyle writes a beautiful adventure between Sherlock Holmes, a consulting detective, and John Watson, a physician. The journey begins with Helen Stoner, a future bride to be, telling her tragic story of her sister’s unsolved mysterious death. The events that had led up to her sister’s death had begun for her, so she made her way into the apartment of Holmes and Watson, begging them to help her. Holmes and Watson venture out to the home of Roylotts of Stoke Moran to investigate the case. In the short story, Sherlock Holmes possesses three main personality traits throughout “The Adventure of The Speckled Band”. One of Sherlock’s three main personality is a high sense of curiosity. Sherlock would rather have cases that challenge
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I imagine that you saw all that I did.”’(327). Sherlock brags about how he had figured out that there is a ventilator before entering the house due to Helen saying her sister could smell Dr. Roylott’s cigar. The deductions come off as showing off because of the way that he said he had it solved from the beginning. As the investigation furthers, the less Sherlock shares with John and Miss. Stoner. He confirms that he has already made up his mind when Helen asks him what had happened to her sister, but he only asks for more proof. He didn’t explain his thoughts to John. Sherlock only left John with more questions than he began with. It is only at the end that he explained how he had figured out the cause of death of the Helen’s twin sister.
Sherlock has many personality traits, but brilliant, boastful, and curiosity are the main three personality shown in “The Adventure of The Speckled Band”. The entire story shows a man with brilliance seeping out of him from rapidly deducting the unseeable. Sherlock displays boastfulness silently and boldly throughout the short story. Along with those two personality traits, is a high sense of curiosity, that makes it possible for him to solve the unsolvable. Without these three traits, Sherlock Holmes wouldn’t be the great detective as many people know him
I imagine that you saw all that I did.”’(327). Sherlock brags about how he had figured out that there is a ventilator before entering the house due to Helen saying her sister could smell Dr. Roylott’s cigar. The deductions come off as showing off because of the way that he said he had it solved from the beginning. As the investigation furthers, the less Sherlock shares with John and Miss. Stoner. He confirms that he has already made up his mind when Helen asks him what had happened to her sister, but he only asks for more proof. He didn’t explain his thoughts to John. Sherlock only left John with more questions than he began with. It is only at the end that he explained how he had figured out the cause of death of the Helen’s twin sister.
Sherlock has many personality traits, but brilliant, boastful, and curiosity are the main three personality shown in “The Adventure of The Speckled Band”. The entire story shows a man with brilliance seeping out of him from rapidly deducting the unseeable. Sherlock displays boastfulness silently and boldly throughout the short story. Along with those two personality traits, is a high sense of curiosity, that makes it possible for him to solve the unsolvable. Without these three traits, Sherlock Holmes wouldn’t be the great detective as many people know him