The Adventure of the Speckled Band Group

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dreiiloveszyu
dreiiloveszyu
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Who is the protagonist in "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" by Arthur Conan Doyle?

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Posted by dreiiloveszyu on Thursday October 29, 2009 at 4:07 PM and tagged with characters, protagonist.

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  1. kiwi
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    The protagonist is, as with most of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories, the illustrious Sherlock Holmes.

    In this story Holmes faces the formidable Dr Roylott - ably assisted by his great friend Dr Watson. The case is brought to Holmes by Helen Stoner, a delicate young lady fearing for her life after the violent and inexplicable death of her sister. She is suspicious of her volatile stepfather as he would have been significantly in debt should Helen's sister Julia have married and claimed her inheritance.

    With the usual twists and red herrings (a ‘band’ of gypsies in this case) Holmes the protagonist manages to thwart Roylott the deadly antagonist by turning his own evil snakebite plot on himself.

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    Posted by kiwi on Thursday October 29, 2009 at 10:23 PM