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The Absent Women – the Textual Unsaid
Other Readings??? (chap 2: 197)
1) Holmes as an English gentleman – “a figure whose remodelling as the apotheosis of civilized humanity in the late nineteenth century was central to the cultural hegemony of Englishness. ” 2) Anxiety over London as a site of labor class crimes the enigmatic vs. a total closure 3) discursive formation of power (Thompson qtd chap 2: 198) “Sherlock Holmes’ knowledge, his ability to unravel the most intractable puzzles, gives him the power to penetrate the mysteries of London. The same form of knowledge that ultimately produced the Empire also produced the figure of the empirical detective hero, Sherlock Holmes” (1993: 76)
Plot (3) resolution:
Holmes
erasing all the evidence the visit of the policeman Mr. Lestrade Revelation in Concealment (1): like Watson Revelation in Concealment (2): visit of the portrait.
Homles and Empire e.g.
Grimesby Roylott (“The Adventure of the Speckled Band”) and Leon Sterndale (“The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot”) are characters who return home to Britain after venturing into India or West Africa as doctors. Both show dramatic changes (417-18). The “passion for Indian animals” (Doyle 2003, 310) that Grimesby Roylott had developed in Calcutta facilitated his crimes; Julia’s death was linked to a snake that he had passed through a ventilator, knowing its poisonous venom would be lethal (418).
Holmes
“how could one compare the ruffian, who in hot blood bludgeons his mate, with this man, who methodically and at his leisure tortures the soul and wrings the nerves in order to add to his already swollen moneybags?”
Justification: Male Protagonists and Binary Opposition
Milverton: cunning as the Evil one, sly like a serpent, an
insincerity of the fixed smile and by the hard glitter of those restless and penetrating eyes (p. 374“twinkle” in his eyes
Structure (2) – crime vs. justification
Justification: the depiction of Plot (2)
Twists: the cat, the unlocked door, some sudden noise Climax: Revelation and action
"The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton”
Sherlock Holmes
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Starting Questions
How is the story structured? (Beginning, middle and end? Binaries?) How are the three male characters presented? How has the story been read? (chap 2: 196-97) Are there other ways of reading it?
characterization of Milverton; encounter, where reasoning and violence are no use.
II. Action and building of suspense
scheme of Holmes carried out the day of action
Structure – revelation vs. concealment
Watson’s narrative frame: a) With difficult; b) the principal person beyond the reach of human law b) Concealment (date and fact) Plot – revelation with justification; Watson a companion but not involved in scheming. I. Beginning:
The Absent Women – the Textual Unsaid
Other Readings??? (chap 2: 197)
1) Holmes as an English gentleman – “a figure whose remodelling as the apotheosis of civilized humanity in the late nineteenth century was central to the cultural hegemony of Englishness. ” 2) Anxiety over London as a site of labor class crimes the enigmatic vs. a total closure 3) discursive formation of power (Thompson qtd chap 2: 198) “Sherlock Holmes’ knowledge, his ability to unravel the most intractable puzzles, gives him the power to penetrate the mysteries of London. The same form of knowledge that ultimately produced the Empire also produced the figure of the empirical detective hero, Sherlock Holmes” (1993: 76)
Plot (3) resolution:
Holmes
erasing all the evidence the visit of the policeman Mr. Lestrade Revelation in Concealment (1): like Watson Revelation in Concealment (2): visit of the portrait.
Homles and Empire e.g.
Grimesby Roylott (“The Adventure of the Speckled Band”) and Leon Sterndale (“The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot”) are characters who return home to Britain after venturing into India or West Africa as doctors. Both show dramatic changes (417-18). The “passion for Indian animals” (Doyle 2003, 310) that Grimesby Roylott had developed in Calcutta facilitated his crimes; Julia’s death was linked to a snake that he had passed through a ventilator, knowing its poisonous venom would be lethal (418).
Holmes
“how could one compare the ruffian, who in hot blood bludgeons his mate, with this man, who methodically and at his leisure tortures the soul and wrings the nerves in order to add to his already swollen moneybags?”
Justification: Male Protagonists and Binary Opposition
Milverton: cunning as the Evil one, sly like a serpent, an
insincerity of the fixed smile and by the hard glitter of those restless and penetrating eyes (p. 374“twinkle” in his eyes
Structure (2) – crime vs. justification
Justification: the depiction of Plot (2)
Twists: the cat, the unlocked door, some sudden noise Climax: Revelation and action
"The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton”
Sherlock Holmes
Image source
Starting Questions
How is the story structured? (Beginning, middle and end? Binaries?) How are the three male characters presented? How has the story been read? (chap 2: 196-97) Are there other ways of reading it?
characterization of Milverton; encounter, where reasoning and violence are no use.
II. Action and building of suspense
scheme of Holmes carried out the day of action
Structure – revelation vs. concealment
Watson’s narrative frame: a) With difficult; b) the principal person beyond the reach of human law b) Concealment (date and fact) Plot – revelation with justification; Watson a companion but not involved in scheming. I. Beginning: