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A Case of Identity Analysis

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By Clairissa Evans

May 5, 2014

Setting

Characters

The major characters in this story were Sherlock Homes, Mr Watson, Mr. Hosmer Angel, Mrs. Etherege, Dr. Watson, Mr. Windibank and Miss Mary Sutherland. These characters are both revealed to the reader (the reader is told) and are in indirectly. This is so because in some cases the author straight out tells the reader who the next character is (Sherlock, Watson, Mr Windibank and Etc.) Also on the other hand some of the characters are not introduced my in reader at all (indirectly).

Plot and Foreshadowing

Baker Street, the dull neutral-tinted London street, Bohemia and the bank are all settings in the story that both are integral to the story and are independent. Also the chance in setting (time and place) do significantly alter the story because it changes how the story will go on for the rest of story and have a major effect of the characters.

Foreshadowing:

How and what happened to the missing man she fell in love with. This "Foreshadowing hints at upcoming events because it gives the reader the idea of a search for "the missing man she fell in love with"

Plot:

Miss Mary Sutherland, angry and beside herself with feelings of loss, asks Sherlock Holmes to solve the sudden, mysterious disappearance of a shy and attentive man she has grown to love upon the very day they were to be married. This is an example of Plot because it analyzes the feeling or falling action of Miss Mary Sutherland.

Genre

Conflict

Figurative language

There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman, and There's a cold-blooded scoundrel are both example of Figurative language (Both sentences include metaphors).

Miss Mary Sutherland, angry and beside herself with feelings of loss, asks Sherlock Holmes to solve the sudden, mysterious disappearance of a shy and attentive man she has grown to love upon the very day they were to be married. This is an example of conflict because Miss Mary Sutherland has lost a chance to find the love of her life after Sherlock was asked to do and not able to do so.

Mystery genre: In this story the there is a lot of ( Red herrings) which are (Clues given by other characters). There are also a lot of clues in this story which are mostly through out the whole story and in most Mystery stories.

Symbolism/Irony

The different and curve balls in the clues is a symbolism (Represents something completely different in the story). The curve balls in the story represent the major changes and direct differences the story has.

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