Comparison of‘The Speckled Band’ and ‘The Landlady’

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Comparison of 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Landlady'

In some ways these two short stories are alike but at the same time totally different. 'The Speckled Band' written by Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle and 'The Landlady' written by Roald Dahl.

FRAME

'The Speckled Band' was another adventure of one the most well known detectives Sherlock Holmes and was set in April of '83. The short story

begins with a frame. This is to set the story apart from the other Sherlock Holmes mysteries and it also helps to show the reader that it is unlike the others too.

'The Landlady' doesn't need a frame because all of Roald Dahls' stories are different, they have different plots and different characters so most of his stories can be called singular.

The frame starts with an exposition where something out of the ordinary transpires

i.e.

In 'The Landlady' there is a sign saying BED AND BREAKFAST which seems to have strange effect on Billy Weaver.
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In 'The Speckled Band' Sherlock Holmes is up and dressed at a-quarter-past-seven but as a rule he was a late riser.

COMPLICATIONS

After this comes the complications of each story which helps to keep the reader interested and also adds awareness to the goings on.

In 'The Landlady' Billy Weaver does not suspect anything of the landlady but the reader can like the strange features of the place like the stuffed Dachshund, the reader knows its stuffed but Billy doesn't. Billy thinks the landlady looks like his friends mother, almost harmless.

In 'The Speckled ...

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