Comparing The Speckled Band and Neighbourhood Watch :: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Colin Dexter Essays

Comparing The Speckled Band and Neighbourhood WatchIn this essay I am going to compare & contrast two researcher stories.A pre-twentieth century story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle called TheSpeckled Band & a modern story by Colin Dexter called NeighbourhoodWatch. I will describe the language, characters, friendly and historicalcontext, Style, the plot, similarities and differences between thetwo. I will also state which I prefer & why.The Speckled Band starts off with Miss Stoner going to operativeHolmess house and asking for his help. She tells him of her sisters cobblers last and of how her sister had heard a whistle at night for the pastweek or so. On the night of her death there was a loud scream ofterror and just after a whistle Miss Stoner went to inspect quicklybut as she neared her sisters room she stumbled out and said silentlya speckled band. Miss Stoner was quite worried because her sisterwas soon to be married and now so is she. As soon as she left DrRoylott came barging i n wanting to know what Miss Stoner had come tosee Holmes for. Holmes tried to put off reply Dr Roylott andanswered with several(prenominal)thing about the weather. In disgust Dr Roylottpicked up Holmess poker and bent it then he left. Once Dr Roylottleft Holmes picked up his poker and bent it back as straight aspossible in one go. Holmes and Watson soon left for Stoke Moran whichis the home to DR Roylott and Miss Stoner who live with one servant.But they told the bob cart driver that took them there that they werearchaeologists and were interested in the building itself. They gotoff the dog cart near the plantation that was on Dr Roylotts land. Helet some gypsies live there and often used to go with them on voyagesand trips.When Holmes started to look at the rooms he began in Miss Stoners roomwhich was supposed to be having some repairs done to the wall becausethe builders punctured the wall while doing repairs in the other wingof the house. When Holmes looked at it there wasnt a ny repairs doneto the wall and slide fastener wrong with it either. Holmes soon went on tothe next room which was currently being used by Miss Stoner Holmesautomatically noticed the ventilator and told Watson that he knew thatit was somewhere near due to the fact that the dead sister could smellDr Roylotts cigars and could hear things that Dr Roylott was doingand that meant there was some kind of connection between the rooms and