The+Crooked+Man


 * Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Crooked Man. **

The point of view in this story is third person, or omniscient. In the story, Holmes is telling Watson about his case.
 * Point of View: **

The protagonist of this story is Holmes, he is the main character, and the hero of the story solving the mystery, the other people in his story are trying to stop him from solving the mystery. If you look at it differently, excluding Holmes, and Watson, if you were in the story without Holmes and Watsons narration you could say that it was Harry Wood. Harry, and James were fighting over Nancy, they both wanted her, but Nancys dad wanted her to marry James, Nancy liked Harry. James knowing this sent Harry away to get captured, or killed (in the war). So in that view James is bad, and Henry is the good one, Nancy is in the middle.
 * Protagonist: **

The protagonist is a static character, Sherlock doesn't really change in the story, for the most part of the story, he is just telling Watson the details about it. He just went around and solved the mystery in his story, so he didn't really change in the story ethier (unless you count learning new information a change.) My theory is however not without complications, Sherlock has a personallity, he is smart, observant, skillful, and heroic.
 * What type of character is the Protagonist?**

﻿The antagonist of this story is variable, since this story is basicly a story, within another story. If you are Harry, you would think the antagonist is James. At first James and Harry are pretty much equal for chances of marriage, they are just two guys fighting for a girl. However then, James pulls some trickery on Harry, so that he has a better chance, this makes him the antagonist.
 * Antagonist: **

This story takes place probably sometime around the 1800s. I came to this conclusion by finding some evidence, the author wrote the book sometime in the 1800's so it probably takes place around this time. Some of the language used is older styled as well, since the author was writing it around the 1800's. More specificly it is a summer night, a quater to twelve, and they are in a city somewhere near Aldershot, which is a town in Southern England. Sherlock is at Watsons house at the time, but in the story he tells Watson about investigating James house sometime before. You can also tell it is within the Victorian Age by the things used, there are not many cabs pulled by horses, or pipes, hats are not typically worn anymore, and Holmes obviously does not have any high tech equipment to assist him in solving the mystery.
 * Describe the setting: **

The conflict of the story varies about who you are talking about in the story. If you decided that the people inside Holmes case are the main characters, than in their point of view the conflict would be man vs. man. There is not really a conflict with Holmes, but you could say that he conflicts with himself to decide on who has caused the crime. If you are looking for if the fight is external or internal, I believe it is internal. Internally James and Harry both hate each other because of Nancy. I don't think it is external because they don't physically fight each other.
 * Type of Conflict: **

﻿The main conflict of the story is between Harry, and James, it is Man vs. Man. In the story they start to fight because they love the same girl Nancy. Nancys father wishes for her to marry James, because he is more mature, had an education etc. Nancy to James dismay was more in love with Harry, to Nancy he was more attractive, and had that reckless quality to him. In these days the parents consent still mattered in a marriage, so James knowing this decided if he could just get rid of Harry he would have the upper hand. James decided to grab the bull by the horns metaphoricly speaking, and attempt to get rid of Harry.
 * Describe the main conflict: **

The climax of the story is when Holmes meets, and confronts Harry. Harry tells Holmes all the details of him, James, and Nancys past history. This helps Holmes solve the case, and after it leads to the downfall of the story, like after every climax.
 * Describe the Climax of the Story: **

The protagonist in this story is Sherlock Holmes, i don't think he changes very much during the story. He is what i would like to call a static character. Even though he is the main character, he is not in much of the dialogue because he is telling the story of the case he is solving. He does not change unless you think that learning new information counts as a change, i don't think it is because it does not even effect Holmes life himself, solving the case was just for the good of others. None of his personallity qualitys change.
 * How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? **

The theme of the story is mystery, the title of the story is the crooked man. The title of the story makes you wonder who "the crooked man" really is. You wonder if he is crooked in personallity in shape, or if it is not even a person (could be some sort of missing artifact as well). You wonder if he is the criminal or the main character. The crooked man refers to Harry, the mysterious one. He did not commit the crime, but he is the missing piece of the puzzle that Holmes has not completed. Harry is sort of the mystery himself, without him it could not be solved, and it could not have happened.
 * Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. **

The main conflict of the story is a fight between Harry, and James over Nancy, the theme is mystery. Sometimes fights can be mysterious, sometimes you don't know why they are going on, if they will end, what the feuders will do to each other next. I wouldn't say the conflict illustrates the theme much, it doesn't always have to
 * How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? **

The climax of the story, is when Holmes finds Harry, and asks him some questioins. The theme is mystery. Without the climax, Harry giving Holmes the unknown information, the mystery wouldn't have been able to be solved. The climax basicly is the mystery, or at least the unveiling of it, the shocking details.
 * How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? **


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

"...the smile had often been struck from his mouth, as if by some invisible hand..." "...they were as keen as a set of terriers round a rat cage." "...It was like a light on a dark night..." "...had been sunk in the deepest gloom." "...she was still deadly pale..." "The facts were only two days old." "His eyes kindled and a slight flush sprang into his thin cheeks." "...Circle of light thrown by the lamp"
 * Simile: **
 * Metaphor:**
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In this story, i think that there are a few symbols, one of them is the crooked man (title/person), and another is the war. The crooked man represents the mystery (see what the relationship is between the title, and the theme,) and what a feud, stubborness, or a girl can turn a possible friendship, and person into. Crooked is not straight, it is deformation, deformation is ugliness, and ugliness is representing what a feud really is. The war reperesents conflict, the conflict between two groups/people, Harry, and James, over a certain thing Nancy.
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"...I suddenly heard the clang of a bell, it was a quater to twelve, this could not be a visitor at so late an hour..." This is foreshadowing, this gives the reader an idea that someone might be visiting. You also assume it is some sort of important news, that couldn't wait until the morning. Another example is that it later says "It was Sherlock Holmes who stood on my step." Sherlock is a smart individual, very famous to the world for solving mysterys, when Sherlock is in the story, you assume it will be a mystery.
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The irony of this story is that even though these two men waste their lives/change their lives fighting over Nancy, nethier of them get her. James gets to marry Nancy for a long while, but then Harry comes, and he is shocked which leads to his heart attack, and death. It is also ironic how James tricks Harry, ruining his life, and at the same time ruined his own with guilt, which killed him (heart attack,) when he saw Harry.
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Some imagery in this story are scenes like the one describing the crime scene. "There is a room which is used as a morning-room at Lachine. This faces the road, and opens by a large glass folding door on to the lawn. The lawn is thirty yards across, and is only divided from the highway by a low wall with an iron rail above it." Here are some more examples. "...As we approched this lamp I saw a man coming towards us with his back very bent, and something like a box slung over one of his shoulders, he appeared to be bent." "we were passing him when he raised his face to look at us in the circle of light thrown by the lamp." These quotes help the reader paint a picture of the scene in their head.
 * Imagery:**

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total 15/15