Mid term for Literary Crime class.

TEXTUAL ANALYSIS (10 POINTS EACH) Write ONE PARAGRAPH ON EACH; identify the passage specifically, and discuss the key features of the TEXT PROVIDED. Your discussion should indicate what is significant in the passage and show how it relates to larger themes (what are the larger meanings) and/or exemplifies narrative techniques (how the story is told). 1. “The reader may set me down as a hopeless busybody, when I confess how much this man stimulated my curiosity, and how often I endeavoured to break through the reticence which he showed on all that concerned himself. Before pronouncing judgment, however, be it remembered, how objectless was my life, and how little there was to engage my attention. My health forbade me from venturing out unless the weather was exceptionally genial, and I had no friends who would call upon me and break the monotony of my daily existence. Under these circumstances, I eagerly hailed the little mystery which hung around my companion, and spent much of my time in endeavouring to unravel it.” (from Study in Scarlet) 2. “Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There’s an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it’s God’s own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared. Start her up, Watson, for it’s time that we were on our way. I have a check for five hundred pounds which should be cashed early, for the drawer is quite capable of stopping it if he can.” (from “His Last Bow”) 3. “Unblushingly, I suggested a glass of old port. I have some very fine old vintage port. Eleven o’clock in the morning is not the usual time for drinking port, but I did not think that mattered with Inspector Slack. It was, of course, cruel abuse of the vintage port, but one must not be squeamish about such things.” (from The Murder at the Vicarage) SHORT ANSWER QUESTION (10 points) Write 1-2 paragraphs, being specific in your references to the text 4. Other than leading us astray, red herrings seem to illuminate sub-plots and make the other characters more interesting, such as the red herrings in “And Then There Were None”. Discuss 1-2 red herrings in Mysterious Affair at Styles and/or Murder at the Vicarage that illuminate sub-plots or offer insight into character.