Chapter 3 Flashcards
What is pathetic fallacy?
When the weather helps to influence the mood in literature.
Why did people walk in to the River Thames in Victorian London?
As they couldn’t see where they were going due to the thick fog.
Why was the fog known as a’ pea souper”?
It had a greenish tinge.
Many of the citizensof Victorian London lived in what?
Poverty
What had happened to Captain Morstan’s friend Major
Sholto?
He had passed away.
What was the name of the theatre that they travelled to?
The Lyceum theatre.
What did Miss Morstan show Sherlock Holmes?
A ‘curious paper’ with a ‘curious hieroglyphic
What was written on the ‘curious paper’?
‘The Sign of the four’.
What does Sherlock Holmes, Mary Morstan and Doctor Watson travel in to the southern part of London?
A carriage
Who answers the door at the end of chapter 3?
An asian servant
