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Look carefully at 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Five Orange Pips.' How does the writer create mystery and suspense in these stories?
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Have a little read: ... Look carefully at 'The Speckled Bank' and 'The Five Orange Pips.' How does the writer create mystery and suspense in these stories? Explain how he uses language to create character and atmosphere. What does this tell about the conventions of the Victorian short story? Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Speckled Band' is about a young girl named Helen Stoner who is in fear of her life and seeks the advice if Sherlock Holmes. Her sister died two years ago and she has been hearing the same things as she heard before she died. Sherlock Holmes investigates the mystery and finds it is her stepfather that killed her sister with a snake. 'The Five Orange Pips' is about a young man called John Openshaw. His uncle Elias and his father have been killed. Just before the killings they both received a letter with five dried orange pips and the letters 'KKK'. John has got
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