TWO ASSIGNMENTS
FIRST ASSIGNMENT -For the two boxes below, describe the setting (both place and character) of Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock” world in The Adventure of He Crooked Man and The Sealed Room
In the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Setting analysis For the two boxes below, describe the setting (both place and character) of Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock” world.
Describe the physical settings of the stories above
● What similarities or common tropes are evident in the places the stories inhabit?
Provide examples from two of the stories above
● Why does Conan Doyle choose these types of places?
Describe the people (especially characters other than Holmes or Watson) who inhabit the stories of The Adventure of the Crooked Man and The Sealed Room.
● What similarities or common tropes are evident in these characters? Provide examples from two of the stories.
● Why does Conan Doyle choose these types of people?
SECOND ASSIGNMENT- write a two page essay on how Conan Doyle’s uses similar settings in The Crooked Man and The Sealed Room to achieve the “Sherlock world”. Why does the author use a similar setting of characters (other than Holmes and Watson) and what similarities or common tropes are evident in the PLACES the stories inhabit and WITHIN THE CHARACTERS. Why does Conan Doyle choose these types of places and characters in the detective fiction genres.
