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﻿ Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:__ The Crooked Man

Point of View: First Person ﻿Protagonist: Sherlock Holmes What type of character is the Protagonist? Round, dynamic  ﻿ ﻿ Antagonist: The mystery of who kills Colonel Barclay Describe the setting The story takes place in Watson's house, which is smoky from the Arcadia Mixture from his pipe. Both Watson and Holmes seem in a jolly mood even though it is quite late in the night. The entire story takes place in the late 1800s.

It also take place in Aldershot. A quite little town for military men. The town seems to be in a depressed mood becasue one of its famous Colonel's has been killed and his dear wife in shock. The time of day is changing as the story goes along.

Type of Conflict: Man vs. Man Describe the main conflict: The main conflict involves a case in which the muder of James Barclay is trying to be solved. Describe the Climax of the Story:

The climax of the story is when Henry tells his story about what happened to him. He completes the puzzle by filling in the last piece of information that the detective needs to figure out what happened to Colonel Barclay. How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He changes because of the new experiences he gained from solving another mystery and learning other sides of a story. Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The Title "The Crooked Man" is a great title to this story the theme is not to judge a situation or anything my what appears to have happened or what they appear to be. The title and theme relate because just by looking at a man who is, "twisted and huddled" yuo automatically judge him/her even if you don't know what happened to them. It can be the same with a mystery because without knowing the whole truth you can judge a situation just based on what it looks like, not necessarily what actaully happened. How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?

The main conflict is the murder mystery or James Barclay which is trying to be solved. The theme is to not judge a situation or anything my what appears to have happened or what they appear to be. They relate becasue sometime a mystery such as a mystery may be judged very quickly without even knowing all the facts. How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?

The climax is when Henry tells his side of the story. It completes the story and proves that although, at first they may have believed it was a murder, it was actaully not. This relates to the theme because they didn't know all the facts, so the detectives shouldn't have automatically thought it was a murder.

Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

Simile: "Mrs. Barclay turned as white as death."

Metaphor: "With legs of a stoat"

Personification: "...a piercing scream from the woman."

Symbol: The tea Mrs Barclay ordered was ver unusual, and suggested somethign was wrong.

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"His eyes kindled and a slight flsuh rose to his cheeks"

<span style="font-family: Helvetica; tabstops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.

The story is a mystery story, which is our class theme.