Arthur Conan Doyle Essays

Arthur Conan Doyle Essays Arthur Conan Doyle Essay Arthur Conan Doyle Essay Notable example of Arthur Conan Doyles use of pathetic fallacy is in the story The Adventure of the Speckled Band, Before Sherlock Holmes arrived at Stoke Moran Mansion, the atmosphere was described as immaculate and flawless as possible, a quote from the passage is We drove for four or five miles through the lovely surrey lanes, it was a perfect day, with a bright sun and a few fleecy clouds in the heavens. The trees and wayside hedges were just throwing out their first green shoots, and the air was full of the pleasant smell of the moist earth, When they arrived at Stoke Moran it was described as, The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side, In one of these wings the windows were broken and blocked with wooden boards, while the roof was partially caved in, a picture of ruin. The distinct contrast between the lovely summers coach ride and the dark, gloomy, ruin of Stoke Moran reflects greatly on the grimness of the task Holmes and Watson had been set. This provides concrete evidence of Conan Doyles ability to describe a setting that is interesting for the reader. Furthermore Conan Doyle used various language devices in order to describe an interesting setting for the reader in his Adventure of the red headed league, when Jabez Wilson arrived at the location for the red headed league interview Conan Doyle used Exaggeration by quoting from north, south,east,and west every man who had a shade of red in his hair had trampled into the city to answer the advertisement, Doyle used colour imagery to provide a better image of the scene to the reader by quoting, Every shade of colour, they were straw,lemon,orange , brick, Irish setter , livec, clay, flame coloured tint, popes court looked like a costers orange burrow. The Sherlock Holmes stories are structured in a rather similar method, the story always begins in Baker street where the client introduces a case to the detective, then in order to demonstrate his detective skills and to gain the clients confidence and trust, Holmes analyses the client, and example of this is in the red headed league when Holmes said to his client Helen Stoner, I have no doubt you have came in by train this morning. After Proving his Detective skills to the client and after the client tells Holmes about the case, Holmes then usually visits the crime scene, in order to further deduct how the crime had been committed, if any. The next step in the structure of the Holmes stories is after visiting the scene of the crime he thinks about the case Identifies the culprit, Watson usually senses that Holmes is up to something, Holmes doesnt tell Watson the whole thing but only gives an hint, A great example of this is in the man with the twisted lip, after Sherlock Holmes stayed up all night smoking tobacco, he finally deduced the mystery, but he didnt tell Watson who the culprit was or how the crime was committed, but he said I think Watson, that you are now standing in the presence of the most absolute fools in all of Europe, I deserve to be kicked from here to Charing Cross, but I think I have the key to the affair now and where is it? I asked, smiling. In the bathroom, he answered, come on, my boy, and we shall see whether it will fit the lock. The culprit is then caught after being pursued, or killed in the case of Dr Roylott in The Speckled Band, After the Culprit gets caught, Holmes or the Culprit then ends the story by unraveling the plot and they announce how why the crime was committed.  The Purposes of the Sherlock Holmes stories are mainly to entertain, as all of the cases are mysterious and they challenge the reader to solve the mystery Holmes has been assigned, although it is fairly impossible because the cases always have hidden facts that are fundamental in solving the mystery but are not given to you, an example of this is in the speckled band, we are told that Dr Roylott has a cheetah and a baboon, but we are not however told that he had a snake, which effectively would have solved the mystery. Another purpose of the stories were to signify the class divide in the Victorian times , such as between Men Women, Whites Natives , and to inform the audience of the various social issues that occur in the era.  In Conclusion the Sherlock Holmes stories are an entertaining, evocative, epic example of the mental workings of a genius at his own field, and they provide a moral guideline to the audience. The Sherlock Holmes character provide inspiration to the hundreds of thousands people who have read it and the millions more who in the future like I have, would come to enjoy it.