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GCSE: Arthur Conan Doyle

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  1. How typical a villain is Irene Adler in the Sherlock Holmes story: A Scandal in Bohemia?

    • Essay length: 1107 words
    • Submitted: 11/05/2012

  2. Consider some of the Ways in which Sherlock Holmes Typifies the Tradition of Detective Fiction

    • Essay length: 2030 words
    • Submitted: 15/08/2011

  3. Holmes is made possible by Watson

    • Essay length: 1175 words
    • Submitted: 20/03/2011

  4. Discuss how Conan Doyle presents the character of Dr Roylott in The Speckled Band

    • Essay length: 976 words
    • Submitted: 13/03/2011

  5. Write a diary entry or entries as if you are Helen Stoner. Review the cases and recount how Holmes solved it. Focus on an appropriate style. Diary entry for Helen Stoner

    • Essay length: 855 words
    • Submitted: 09/03/2011

  6. Pre-1914 Literature Arthur Conan Doyle

    • Essay length: 3742 words
    • Submitted: 16/12/2010

  7. Why do the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle continue to appeal to readers, even in the 21st century?

    • Essay length: 2336 words
    • Submitted: 14/12/2010

  8. Prose Coursework

    • Essay length: 776 words
    • Submitted: 26/10/2010

  9. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    • Essay length: 2701 words
    • Submitted: 25/10/2010

  10. Hound Of The Baskervilles

    • Essay length: 1243 words
    • Submitted: 29/09/2010
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Conclusion analysis

Good conclusions usually refer back to the question or title and address it directly - for example by using key words from the title.
How well do you think these conclusions address the title or question? Answering these questions should help you find out.

  1. Do they use key words from the title or question?
  2. Do they answer the question directly?
  3. Can you work out the question or title just by reading the conclusion?

  • Discuss the way in which the following passage presents Paddy Clarke's response to the world in which he is growing up. How characterists of the whole novel are the techniques that Roddy Doyle employs in the passage?

    "In conclusion I believe that this passage presents the way in which Paddy Clarke is growing up rather well. I feel this way because Doyle manages to get across the confusion of what the young boy is going through in several techniques. You can identify that paddy maybe behaving a little differently because of things that are happening around him, his parents divorce and the troubles taking place in Northern Ireland. I believe that Roddy Doyle is very effective in employing the main characteristics of the novel in just this short passage through Paddy emotions."

  • With reference to the speckled band and the final problem and one other short story discuss the relationship between Holmes and Watson

    "'Speckled band', we clearly see just from picturing the seen how close they are. In the 'speckled band' Holmes is standing next to Watson's bed apologising from waking him. In the 'silver blaze', they are sitting down together having breakfast with each other. These scenes show that they have a very deep relationship. Watson's marriage also affects their relationship because it means that they no longer live with each other and therefore may have grown apart. The conclusion of my studies shows that Holmes and Watson are more than simply associate. They have an intimate and deep friendship, which is strengthened through their adventures together. Holmes and Watson work best during the investigations together, combining their different qualities and strengths to help them solve the case. Holmes in the relationship is the more dominant figure, intellectually smarter than Holmes and mainly contributing to the case itself using his powerful powers of observation and imagination. Watson however, is more down to Earth and his role is to assist Holmes by protection (carrying the gun, accompanying Holmes) and being the link between Holmes and us. He is also there perhaps to keep Holmes and check, for when he worries about Holmes smoking."

  • Analyse the stories of Sherlock Holmes in terms of their narrative structure and the way they follow a set pattern.

    "In conclusion, I will say that using all these devices, Doyle successfully categorises the events using little but heavy description, he is able to build up a powerful image that will keep the reader in suspense. The stories follow a similar pattern, which carry the reader through a roller coaster of emotions this pattern also helps the reader understand all of the events as and when they happen."

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