Sign of Four Juicy Examples - Learn for the Exam!
Key moments/examples to refer to in the ‘Novel as a Whole’ part of the Exam Circular nature of opening and ending Opening: “Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel-piece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. ” “ wrist all dotted and scarred with innumerable puncture-marks” Ending : "For me," said Sherlock Holmes, "there still remains the cocaine-bottle." And he stretched his long white hand up for it. Watson: The Foil Chapter 1’s introduction of Holmes and Watson as two contrasting characters. Watson acts as a foil for Holmes. "But consider!" I said, earnestly. "Count the cost! "My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. B...