In the short story, “The Case of the Speckled” Band written by Arthur Conan Doyle, a character named Hellen Stoner shows her vulnerability through the themes of Women and Feminity and Justice and Judgement. In the story, Hellen contacts Sherlock Holmes and Dr.Watson in order to reopen the investigation of her sister’s, Julia Stoner, death. In the beginning, Helen stays with her step-father in her sister’s old room. She starts to experience the same noises that her sister experienced before her death. After hearing the noises, she is desperate for help from Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. She walks across town to visit them. When she finally gets in contact with them, Dr. Watson says, “Now when young ladies wander about the city at this hour
When Clara’s father died, she felt the need to go even further than the local Washington infirmary. It was time for her to travel to the
“How do I justify Watson being attacked when he’s no longer dreaming?” Jean peered into his study and gave him a warm smile. “Dear, our friends will be dropping in for tea in about an hour or so.” He gave her a nod of his head and a short smile, and then he got up quickly. He didn’t want to appear so cranky.
Andrea Douglas-Brown was a young woman who seemed to have everything going for her: wealth, beauty, and youth, yet this façade of her perfect life came crashing down with the discovery of her dead body frozen in the ice. This quarter, I have been reading Robert Bryndza’s novel The Girl in the Ice, and I have finished reading this book. Detective Erika Foster has been called to lead the investigation on the murder of this young socialite. While others look for obvious, black and white solutions, DCI Foster sees the complexity of this case.
Warping the conventions of the hard-boiled detective genre facilitates the ability of the audience to distinctively explore ideas and attitudes present within Marele Day’s prose fiction, ‘The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender’. The representation of the protagonist, Claudia Valentine, subverts both gender stereotypes associated with the hard-boiled genre as well as the conventions of the genre, which serves to provoke a renewed perception of the novel. In addition, Day uniquely personifies a city to embody the role of the femme fatale to cleverly challenge the audience to uncover the true nature behind a facade. Moreover, Day confronts societal values towards criminals by portraying the antagonist as a victim of his own upbringing. Day subverts
First, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters notice an errant quilt patch in an otherwise beautiful quilt. The women notice how lovely the other quilts are and how the other rough-looking patch stands out: “all the rest of them had been so
After that she asked him was he hungry. Roger told her that he wasn’t hungry. She told Roger that if he wanted a new pair of shoes he could’ve just asked. Then she cooked for him because she knew she was hungry. Mrs. Jones asked him if he had anybody at home that would’ve taught him better.
Getting through about half way in the book, the Watsons decide to take a trip to visit grandma and she lives in Birmingham, Alabama. Byron is so excited for this trip, he wants to drive part of the way to scare dad. The night before they leave Byron sleeps in Willona 's room so he can 't run for it in the morning. Before they leave, the plan is to make it to CIncinnati Ohio and stay in a hotel for a night to take a break so Dad isnt too tired of driving. The next day they still don 't plan on going to Birmingham, they will stay at a rest stop in Knoxville, and then they will drive to Birmingham the following day.
He acts mysterious upon their first meeting by asking who owns Thornfield and if Jane knows the owner. “Whose house is it?” “Mr. Rochester’s” “Do you know Mr. Rochester?” “No, I have never seen him”(Charlotte
Eventually, Miss Strangeworth’s handwritten critiques of the townspeople become public. One evening, a teenage boy observes Miss Strangeworth delivering her notes at the post office. One of the letters fell onto the ground without Miss Strangeworth noticing. Instead of placing the letter into the mailbox, the boy delivers this message to the addressee, informing the recipient it came from Miss Strangeworth. The
Mrs. Rogers begins by informing Isabel that her “day would be fine if [she] wasn’t lumbered with someone who kept losing tickets to the car park” revealing that
Is sinning really sinful? Is sinning really sinful? In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book The Scarlet Letter there are quite a few examples of sin. However, Hawthorne depicts the same sin as one being more sinful then the other, until they redeem these sins. In this essay I will explore these examples to determine whether this thesis is true.
She exists in a time when women are classified as objects of beauty and property, and her heart trouble suggests that she is fragile. Louise’s initial reaction to the news of her husband’s death suggests that she is deeply saddened and grief stricken when she escapes to her bedroom. However, the reader is caught off-guard with Louise’s secret reaction to the news of her husband’s death because she contradicts the gender norm of the 19th century woman. Her contradiction to the stereotype / gender norm is displayed when she slowly reveals her inward
Both Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” (1846) and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” (1892) depict a clever man seeking his own form of justice. Poe’s Montresor seeks revenge against Fortunato, a wine expert who has insulted him, by killing him with impunity. Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes also seeks justice, but he is trying to save Helen Stoner from her step-father, Dr. Grimesby Roylott, who desires her inheritance. Holmes and Montresor share the qualities of cleverness and determination in pursuing their goals, but they differ greatly in their motivations.
"Leap" by Brian Doyle is a poem that describes the event of 9/11 focusing on a specific couple who jumped together, holding hands as if they were meant to be together at that particular moment. On the other hand, "Desperation Force a Horrific Decision" by Dennis Cauchon and Martha Moore is a newspaper article that describes the event of 9/11 in a more professional way giving more details about the event focusing on the jumpers in general and what made them make the decision of jumping from the buildings. However, they share elements such as setting, the use of witness accounts, and tone but the authors tell the event in different ways. First, Cauchon and Moore focus the setting on a broader view of the situation, not focusing on specific victims,
In the short story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson help Helen Stoner on her very crucial case. Dr. Grimesby Roylott, the antagonist, and Helen’s stepfather, seems to be having a war with everyone around him, including Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Story takes place in April, 1883, in Stoke Moran, England. The story starts when Helen Stoner went to seek Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watsons’s help. Intrigued by the severity of the case Sherlock Holmes agreed to help her.