LAW & LANGUAGE LITERATURE REVIEW PROJECT SHERLOCK HOLMES Submitted to: Prof. Manav Kapoor Prof. Siddharth Chauhan Submitted by: Shweta Meena 1st semester, 1st year roll no. 79 NALSAR University of Law, HyderabadINTRODUCTION Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was born in a very prosperous Irish-Catholic family who was known for its work in Art. His schooling was done in England. He pursued a medical profession and during that time he met one of his professors, Dr. Joseph Bells who had brilliant observation, logic, deduction and diagnostic skills. This professor was the one who influenced Sir Doyle to develop and create an everlasting character …show more content…
Poetic Justice is an ideal form of justice in which the bad characters are punished by some twist caused by their own acts. Its basic idea is that what comes around goes around. In simple form its when a person sets up a trap for someone else but somehow gets caught up in his own trap. In this story Roylott trained a very poisonous snake to listen to him and uses the snake to kill Helen but he failed and in turn the snake attacked him only. Its interesting that he died in the same manner as he killed his stepdaughter. Clearly there is poetic justice as he died from a snake’s bite which was intended for someone else. Poetic Justice is not only for stories in fact it has bypassed the fictional realm. To common people it is also known as Karma. Poetic Justice happens everywhere and to everyone. Its good for literature as in the end audience usually wants to see the criminal punished. The theme in “The Adventure of Speckled Band” is that evil would always be punished either by the law or by its own fate. Royllot got killed because of his own snake whom he had trained to do such bad acts. In the end he was punished by his destiny, his fate and
In the sixth chapter of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain manipulates the reader’s opinion of racism by using Pap, an antagonist to display his attitude towards the subject. Twain expertly uses the character Pap to explain his viewpoint using circumstance and the structure of his speech to make the idea of racism distasteful, uncomfortable, and even absurd to the reader. Before the initial speech Twain sets up Pap as a horrible father, a chronic alcoholic, and a liar. These qualities followed by Pap’s actions establish a permanent animosity towards the character and what he stands for leading the reader to inherently disagree with everything he says. Twain introuduces Pap at the beginning of chapter 6 by with him attempting to steal
Huck Finn 's sarcastic character perfectly situates him to deride religious belief, representing his personal views. In the first chapter, Huck indicates that hell sounds far more fun than heaven. Later on, in a very prominent scene, the prince, a liar and cheat, convinces the religious population to give him money so he can convert his literary pirate buddies. The religious people are easily led astray, which mocks their opinion and devotion to
These fictionalized accounts of a criminal investigation are provided to the public with the intention of gaining financial rewards through the mass production and consumption of entertainment. In appealing to this entertainment factor a myriad of components are considered in the development of crime films and literature. In Old City Hall, Rotenberg’s inclusion of multiple perspectives allows the readers to follow the thought process of the different components that make up the criminal justice system, including legal counsel, police officers, judges, forensic analysists and witnesses. For instance, Rotenberg mentions the techniques often used by both lawyers and detectives in carefully phrasing questions to get a response from a witness or suspect. “He knew what impressed judges and juries most was not a witness who simply read from the notebook, but one who genuinely tried to remember what it was he had seen and heard and felt” (Rotenberg, 2009, p. 247).
But the majority of the people he killed would have killed someone or more than one person. So in a way he saved lives. People also said that he could have just not killed anyone. But if he did not kill anyone it would be like training a dog without punishments or
Tybalt’s death “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger” said by Buddha. Referring to Tybalt he does let his anger decide his actions and leads him to bad situations, even though he may not notice it he gets himself killed later on. He does not think things through all the way and makes terrible mistakes but doesn 't care. So Tybalt’s anger punishes him by killing him.
1940 in America brought us Bugs Bunny in “A Wild Hare,” president Franklin Delano Roosevelt for a third term, the discovery of Stone Age paintings, and And Then There Were None. Over the Atlantic in Victorian England circa 1902, Lord Salisbury retired from being Prime Minister, King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria were coronated, the Olympic Games were held, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published The Hound of the Baskervilles. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie and The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are two top examples of mystery thrillers.
Any fan of the medieval and Victorian eras knows that there are many stories centered around the rectification of lost or sullied honor through varying means of revenge. Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” is no exception. The story’s protagonist, Montresor, feels that his friend, Fortunato, has insulted his family’s honor and decides to take revenge during a nighttime carnival by luring Fortunato into the Montresor family crypt and sealing him inside to die a slow death. Through the use of irony and symbolism, Poe reveals to readers an intense theme of revenge. Poe’s theme of revenge is illuminated through his application of the three different types of irony: dramatic, verbal, and situational.
Literary Analysis of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The selection of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight follows the basic format of the adventure. The author emphasizes communion to show the loyalty and community between King Arthur and his knights. The symbolism behind the relationship between Sir Gawain to humans and the Green Knight to the merciful God further shows the relations of this medieval romance to the Bible.
Wanda Sykes once quoted, “If you feel like there’s something out there that you’re supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and do it.” This exhibits the idea of not letting others hold you back from pursuing a personal desire, or having a passion. Countless amounts of people follow what everyone else believes, but do not seem to recognize the truth behind what they’re following. Similarly, within The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and “Antigone,” both characters have a devotion for a specific situation. Additionally, these two literary characters have a strong passion, but ultimately face different opponents.
“The Cask of Amontillado” is one of Edgar’s Allen Poe best short narratives with its vengeful characters and eerie and horror-filled atmosphere. The story was published in 1847, to later be known as a classical tale of revenge. Both Fortunato and Montresor were the protagonist and antagonist that kept his short narrative alive and suspenseful to the audience. What also kept his story full of life was what happened to between these characters that made this story revengeful. Though what is revenge?
A crime that reaches Sherlock Holmes is not just a broken law, but a mystery. Trivia locates patterns to form functional solutions, while Doyle creates a world of disguises, drugs, and intrigue, in which the answer is never the obvious or expected. The facts presented are not the definite, or even likely, conclusion. This is apparent in the story’s mystery, in which the wife of Neville St. Clair witnessed what appeared to be her husband’s murder, leading to the arrest of a beggar, Hugh Boone, who was found at the scene of the crime. However, Sherlock Holmes deduces that Boone and St. Clair are the same man, revealing that St. Clair had been commuting to the city to beg rather than work and had allowed his own arrest to protect his ruse.
Heroes make great sacrifices for everyone it can even be the person that they met yesterday. Every heroic story goes through the same hero’s journey which conveys many great themes. In the book, Excalibur the Legend of King Arthur by Lee and Hart, the hero’s journey archetype is used to develop the theme of the graphic novel. One of the many themes that was conveyed and portrayed throughout the graphic novel by the risk-taking characters was a great hero must make great sacrifice.
This literary analysis will analyze James Baldwin’s intention of locating the “outsider” in the context of homosexuality and African American expatriation in the novel Giovanni’s Room. The article by Abur-Rahman (2007) defines Baldwin’s intention of locating a place for the “outsider” through the context of homosexuality and African American expatriation in European life. Baldwin’s own experiences as an American exile in France are defined through his own identity as a homosexual male, but also, as a racial minority seeking a place of sanctuary outside of American culture. Abur-Rahman (2007) defines Baldwin’s intention of depicting the white characters in the novel as a counterpoint to the alienation of homosexuals, as well as the increased burden of racial identity he had to carry in life. Giovanni’s Room
Golden Age of Detective Fiction was preceded by an age, which began with Sir Arthur Canon Doyle’s set of short mystery stories
This involves being compassionate and forgiving someone even though they have done wrong. A real world example that involves the law is the parole system. Criminals are given a second chance after they have been sent to prison. One example of mercy being presented in the play is in Act 4, Scene 1. Portia is asking Shylock to show mercy towards Antonio.