Two Stories which demonstrate the writers skills in creating interest, tension and suspense
The speckled band is a Sherlock Holmes Investigation Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The title does not tell us about the story so straight away the reader is left with a sense of interest and tension. The reader Wants to know what this speckled band is about, is it a band of men wearing stripy clothes or about a speckled bracelet they do not know so straight away they want to read on to find out what this speckled band is.
In the story Dr Waston is going over his notes when he notices that there are a lot of very strange cases " I find many tragic, some comic a large number merely strange." Why is Sherlock Holmes only accepting strange cases this builds interest in the reader.
In the story, a young lady arrived she told him that her name was Helen stoner and that she lived with her step father due to her mothers death. Her stepfather was a doctor but due to his wife's death, which he has not been able, to cope with has abandoned his practice in London.
When she died, she had left a big amount of money to Dr Roylott "not less then a thousand a year." But if either one of her daughters got married, then a certain amount of money must go to them. This is not good for Dr Roylott because he could loose out on a lot of money so this could be a motive for murder. He had changed a lot and never spoke to any one or makes friends. This is strange because he is becoming mentally unstable and this builds up a lot of tension in the reader because we know he is going to do something but we don't know what. We are just receiving it bit by bit. Dr Roylott is a big man and has great strength so he looks as if he is the bad guy in the story.
Helen's sister Julia died two years ago she was due to marry a marine but two weeks before she was due to marry him, the accident happened.
This is strange and makes us lead to that Dr Roylott had killed her so he would not have to give her any money left to her if she got married.
Dr Roylott is very strange he keeps a cheetah and a baboon in his gardens. This man is very unstable why would he keep Animals like these on his own grounds free just to do what ever they want and these animals could kill as well.
This Story is at a high point of tension and we are receiving details and wonder what is going to happen next. Helen Tells sherlock that someone has proposed to her " a dear friend whom I have known for many years, has done me the honour to ask my hand in marriage. His name is Percy Armitage." and is worried that it is going to happen to her. She has been moved because of repairs to her sister's room in which she died.
The speckled band is a Sherlock Holmes Investigation Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The title does not tell us about the story so straight away the reader is left with a sense of interest and tension. The reader Wants to know what this speckled band is about, is it a band of men wearing stripy clothes or about a speckled bracelet they do not know so straight away they want to read on to find out what this speckled band is.
In the story Dr Waston is going over his notes when he notices that there are a lot of very strange cases " I find many tragic, some comic a large number merely strange." Why is Sherlock Holmes only accepting strange cases this builds interest in the reader.
In the story, a young lady arrived she told him that her name was Helen stoner and that she lived with her step father due to her mothers death. Her stepfather was a doctor but due to his wife's death, which he has not been able, to cope with has abandoned his practice in London.
When she died, she had left a big amount of money to Dr Roylott "not less then a thousand a year." But if either one of her daughters got married, then a certain amount of money must go to them. This is not good for Dr Roylott because he could loose out on a lot of money so this could be a motive for murder. He had changed a lot and never spoke to any one or makes friends. This is strange because he is becoming mentally unstable and this builds up a lot of tension in the reader because we know he is going to do something but we don't know what. We are just receiving it bit by bit. Dr Roylott is a big man and has great strength so he looks as if he is the bad guy in the story.
Helen's sister Julia died two years ago she was due to marry a marine but two weeks before she was due to marry him, the accident happened.
This is strange and makes us lead to that Dr Roylott had killed her so he would not have to give her any money left to her if she got married.
Dr Roylott is very strange he keeps a cheetah and a baboon in his gardens. This man is very unstable why would he keep Animals like these on his own grounds free just to do what ever they want and these animals could kill as well.
This Story is at a high point of tension and we are receiving details and wonder what is going to happen next. Helen Tells sherlock that someone has proposed to her " a dear friend whom I have known for many years, has done me the honour to ask my hand in marriage. His name is Percy Armitage." and is worried that it is going to happen to her. She has been moved because of repairs to her sister's room in which she died.