Holmes vs. Dr. Roylott: Dr. Roylott stepped back swiftly forward, seized the Poker, and it into curve with his huge brown hands, then Holmesstraightened it out again.
Helen vs. Dr. Roylott: Dr. Roylott killed Julia and he wants to kill Helen.
Dr. Roylott vs. Nature: Roylott shut himself up in his house and seldom came out save to indulge in ferocious quarrels with whoever might cross his path. Violence of temper approaching to mania has been hereditary in Roylott.
a speckled band
The antagonist for "The Speckled Band" was Dr. Roylott.
'Oh, my God! Helen! It was the band! The speckled band!'
it is a swamp adder- a type of snake
The Speckled Band
The Speckled Band - 1923 is rated/received certificates of: UK:U
Mystery
It signifies a story of Sherlock Holmes in which the so called Speckled Band are the last words of a dying lady. It is later uncovered that the speckled band is a fatal snake which was used by the villian to attack his victims.
The Adventure of the Speckled Band was published in February 1892, and it was written shortly before that.The Adventure of the Speckled Band was created in 1892.
First of all, there is no "spectral" or specter or ghost in the story, and she used the term "speckled band" because that is what she thought she saw.
The Adventure of the Speckled Band is a Sherlock Holmes mystery, in which Sherlock solves the mystery. The Hardy Boys solve mysteries, but not the Speckled Band. Nancy Drew solves mysteries, but not the Speckled Band.
'O, my God! Helen! It was the band! The speckled band!' There was something else which she would fain have said, and she stabbed with her finger into the air in the direction of the Doctor's room, but a fresh convulsion seized her and choked her words.