Sign of four Flashcards
Conventional women of middle class, associates her with typical nature- mary morstan
‘You are certainly a model client’
Watson is in love with mary morstan
‘I endeavoured to cheer and amuse her’
Althenely jones is more focused on status rather than trusting holmes to complete the task
‘My professional credit is at sake’
Sublty mocking holmes due to his theories juxtaposing his ‘facts’
‘Stern facts here- no room for theories’
Patriarchal society see women as ‘perfect’
‘Her self-control was perfect’
Drugs stimulate urge to solve mysteries and heighten his intelligence ‘morphine and cocaine’
‘My mind… rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work’
To comparison to a calculator, which is typically correct, hints at intelligence
‘You really are an automaten- a calculating machine.’
Lived to serve revenge against major sholto for stealing the treasures
‘From the day i lived only for vengeance’
Demonstrates his knowledge as an ‘unofficial consulting detective’
‘I only require a few missing links to have an entirely connected case’
Jonathon small as an angry man
‘A terrible expression when moved to anger’
Highlights theme of justice, justifys the title of the novella as the author leaves us with a significant message
‘We should each always act for all’
Evil personified, racist views in victorian england, respectable first person narrator seen as convention
‘Features so deeply marked with all beastiality’
Seen as docile because mary morstan is female
‘She was weak and helpless, shaken in mind and nerve’
Thaddeus sholto welcoming holmes, watson and morstan into his home
‘Pray step into my little sanctum… an oasis of art in the howling desert of south London’
Thaddeus willing to share with morstan
‘We had plenty of money ourselves. I desired no more’
