“The Adventure of the Speckled Band” A Sherlock Holmes Mystery Climax Plot Diagram • biggest moment • conflict is solved • action is most intense • towards end of story Rising Action • series of events Falling Action • suspense created • result of climax Inciting Incident • main conflict introduced Exposition • beginning of the story Resolution • background information • ending • setting established • loose ends tied up • characters introduced • conflicts solved Sherlock Holmes • Character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887 • Uses the observation and deduction to solve crimes • Dr. James Watson is Holmes’s friend and confidant • Appears in 60 stories C • narrator - friend of Sherlock h • Sherlock takes unusual cases only u • Roylott family lives in Stoke Moran in Surrey n County k • Exposition: some background, some characters 1 • #whoisHolmes • mood: C h • narrator: Dr. Watson u •Mrs. Hudson – landlady n •Watson - admires watching Holmes work k •Holmes’s first deduction: woman rode train & 2 dog cart •Only payment: reimbursement •Helen Stoner – client •Roylott – her stepfather •Exposition – background & characters •Mood - C • h Roylott’s: once very rich- all $ gone- house u and few acres left • n Dr. Roylott: dr. in India, jailed for killing k butler, married girls’ mother • Gave £1000 ($192,000) to Roylott at 3 marriage, girls get some when marry • Mother died – Roylott gave up Dr., moved to family house • After move, Roylott changed – fights, hangs out with gypsies, keeps wild baboon and cheetah on property • Julia died b4 wedding • Exposition – background & characters Chunk 4: middle of page 112 – page 116 Check your understanding. • Where are the bedrooms located? How are they laid out? • What does Julia hear at night? • What did the women do each night before going to bed? • What did Helen hear? • What are the details of Julia’s death? • What does Helen think the speckled band is? • Why did Helen move into Julia’s old room? • What did Holmes notice on Helen’s wrist? What does it mean? C • All rooms on ground floor, bedrooms open to h hallway, windows face lawn u • Julia hears whistle at night n • Helen hears scream, clanging metal, Julia k screams “Speckled Band”, points towards Dr.’s 4 rooms, dies • Helen heard whistle in Julia’s room • Dr. bruised Helen’s wrist. • Exposition –characters and background C h • Sherlock & Watson going to Stoke Moran u • S thinks metal clang – bar locking shutter n • Roylott flung open door k • Roylott threatens Sherlock – S acts calm 5 • R bends fireplace poker to intimidate, S can also bend poker • Part of plot: Inciting incident/Rising Action C h • Sherlock found will: £750 ($93, 076) u • Daughters- £250 @marriage ($31, 026) n • Watson brings gun k • Holmes mentions house repairs to stop 6 gossip • Sherlock warns Helen - lock herself away from Roylott. • Plot: Highlight items in your notes that you think are clues to the mystery. C • “repairs” forced H from bedroom h u • Shutters impassible from outside n • Bell rope fake k • Ventilator opens to next room/ not outside 7 • Bowl of milk on safe • Leash on bed corner • S & W will sneak into H’s room • Plot: Highlight items in your notes that you think are clues to the mystery. C • S warns W of danger h • Bed clamped to floor u • Baboon scared S & W n • S & W must be silent & awake in darkness k • Plot: 8 ● climax ○ S yells and hits snake ○ long scream ● falling action ○ discovering Dr. R’s body ● resolution ○ take H to aunt’s house ○ inquiry into R’s death ○ S shares his deductive reasoning.