The Red-Headed League

Conclusion

-Mysterious Red-Headed League and what happened to it according to his client, Mr. Jabez Wilson

-Wilson was hired to copy the encyclopedia pages word for word for four hours every week for four pounds a week.

-5 or so weeks later the league was randomly disbanded.

-Sherlock noticed the way people looked, acted, and the environment around him.

-Using these little factors, Sherlock figured out that Vincent Spaulding was John Clay

-the Red-Headed league was all a scam to lure Mr. Wilson out of his shop.

-They would use this time to mine under the shop

-John Clay mined to the bank to attempt robbery

-Sherlock stopped the robbery and arrested Clay and co.

Climax:

• Holmes, Watson, the banker, and a policemen stakeout in bank cellar.
• John Clay A.K.A Vincent Spaulding arrives to complete their robbery.

The Red-Headed League

Plot

Falling Action: Holmes explains to Watson how he used logic to figure out what was going on and who the culprit was.

Rising Action:

• Holmes interrogates Mr. Wilson
• Holmes finds out about his recently hired assistant.
• Shows his incredible ability to use logic to develop accurate theories.
• Holmes and Watson travel to Mr. Wilson's pawn shop.
• There Holmes notices dirt on (assistant)Vincent Spauldin's trousers.

Exposition:

Holmes, Watson, and

Mr. Wilson are introduced. We also find out about Mr. Wilson's curious case.

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The Red Headed League takes place in

• London:
• Saxe-Coburg Square
• Holmes' Office
• Year of 1890
• In a bank's cellar

Resolution: Holmes remarks about cases like these keep him from "ennui" or boredom.

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Themes

• Sherlock Holmes (protagonist)
• John Watson (deuteragonist)
• Mr.Wilson
• John Clay A.K.A Vincent Spaulding (antagonist)
• Officer Jones
• Mr. Merryweather

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Point of View

There is one main theme in "The Red-Headed League."

• Theme of Reason/Logic: Holmes was able to observe many of Mr. Wilson's physical features and describe what Mr. Wilson had done in his past.

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"The Red-Headed League" is told as all other Sherlock Holmes stories are told; through a first person point of view by narrator John Watson, Holmes' assistant. Just like Watson, the readers are clueless of Holmes' theories until the end.

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Conflict

The conflict of the story was man vs. man. The two men that were involved was Sherlock Holmes and John Clay. Holmes was trying to figure out who was planning to rob the bank, starting from the pawnshop.

The Red-Headed League

A short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Facts About the Author

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London

• Despite writing detective stories involving logic and reason, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle believed in the supernatural.
• Wrote over 50 short stories about Sherlock Holmes
• Arthur Conan Doyle was knighted in 1902
• Born on May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland

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