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The Sign of Four - P1 Flashcards

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What are the key themes involved with Sherlock Holmes?

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scientific method
duality
emotion vs. rationality
uniquely brilliant

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What are the key themes involved with Dr Watson?

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narrative voice
emotional vs. rationality
friendship
romance
justice
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What are the key themes involved with Mary Morstan?

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treasure and wealth
representation of women
love

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What are the key themes involved with Thaddeus Sholto?

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justice
treasure and wealth
exotic version of foreigners linked to aestheticism

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What are the key themes involved with Johnathon Small?

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treasure obsessed
criminal
versions of justice

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What are the key themes involved with Tonga?

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Victorian fear
foreignness
represented as savage

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What are the key themes involved with Athelney Jones?

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crime and justice
bumbling policeman
contrast to Holmes

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What are the key themes in the sign of four?

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duality 
emotion vs rationality
englishness and foreignness
treasure and wealth
love and friendship
crime and punishment
justice and evil
Victorian fear
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What wider issues in the novel are there?

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  • how doyle creates excitement and mystery
  • how doyle uses interesting settings
  • the representation of women
  • the representation of the police in comparison to Holmes
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What are 6 key quotes for Holmes?

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  • “abhor the dull routine of existence”
  • arrogance “I am”…“I can”…“I abhor”…“I am the only one in the world”
  • “detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold unemotional manner”
  • “eliminate all other factors, and whatever remains must be the truth” - trying to teach the reader detection so they can try and solve the mystery as they go along
  • “hurried about the room on his knees, measuring, comparing, examining”
  • "”love in an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things””
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What are 7 key quotes for Watson?

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  • “His great powers, his masterly manner” - admires Sherlock (repetition of “powers” throughout)
  • “in our hour of trouble our hands instinctively sought for each other” (Watson and Mary holding hands)
  • “I was annoyed at the criticism of a work which had been specifically designed to please him”
  • “My mind ran upon our late visitor - her smiles, the deep rich tones of her voice”
  • “Whoever had lost a treasure, I knew that night I had gained one”
  • “He was bright, eager and in excellent spirits, a mood which in his case alternated with fits of the blackest depression”
  • “What was I, an army surgeon with a weak leg and a weaker banking account, that I should dare to think about such things?”
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What are 6 key quotes for Small?

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  • “It was a bearded hairy face, with wild cruel eyes and an expression of concentrated malevolence” Thaddeus describing him in chapter 4
  • “little hell-hound Tonga” “I’d have half killed Tonga”
  • “Agra treasure which never brought anything but a curse”
  • “To him it brought murder, to Major Sholto it brought fear and guilt, to me it has meant slavery for life”
  • “It has been the sign of four with us always”
  • “My heart softened to him, but again the thought of the treasure turned me hard and bitter.” - when taking about killing the merchant
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What are 6 key quotes for Mary Morstan?

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  • “she was a blonde young lady, small, dainty, well gloved, and dressed in the most perfect taste”
  • "”You certainly are a model client. You have the correct intuition”” - Holmes talking about her
  • “her self-control was perfect”
  • “calm face as long as there was someone weaker than herself to support”
  • "”Women are never entirely to be trusted - not the best of them”” - Holmes
  • "”The treasure is lost”, said Miss Morstan calmly”
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What are 6 key quotes for Tonga?

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  • “they are a fierce, morose, and intractable people” - Holmes describing people from the Andaman Islands
  • “They are naturally hideous, having large, misshapen heads, small, fierce eyes, and distorted features”
  • “Holmes had already drawn his revolver, and I whipped out mine at the sight of this savage, distorted creature”
  • “Never have I seen such features so deeply marked with all bestiality and cruelty” - Watson describing Tonga
  • “little hell-hound Tonga” “I’d have half killed Tonga” - Small
  • “a dark mass, which looked like a Newfoundland dog”
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What are 6 key quotes for Jones?

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  • technique of listing is used with him “He has arrested not only friend Thaddeus, but the gatekeeper, the housekeeper” - no deduction or reasoning, idiotic
  • “Mr Jones’s well known technical knowledge and his powers of minute observation” - the Standard newspaper, meant to make police look better
  • “I am weaving my web around Thaddeus. The net begins to close upon him”
  • “Heavy steps and the clamour of loud voices were audible from below, and the hall door shut with a loud crash”
  • "”Confirms it in every respect”, said the fat detective, pompously”
  • “Mr Theorist”
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What are 5 key quotes for Thaddeus Sholto?

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  • “We have plenty of money ourselves. I desire no more, besides it would have been such bad taste to have treated a young woman in so scurvy a fashion”
  • “An oasis of art in the howling desert of South London”
  • “I live, as you see, with a little atmosphere of elegence around me”
  • “I can do you justice; and i will, too, whatever brother Bartholomew says”
  • “He was standing at the doorway, the very picture of terror” - when they discover Bartholomew’s body
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What are key quotes for the theme of duality in the Sign of Four?

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  • “hurried about the room on his knees, measuring, comparing, examining” Holmes + “Heavy steps”…“the hall door shut with a loud crash” Jones
  • "”love in an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things”” Holmes + “A wondrous subtle thing is love” Watson
  • “I can do you justice; and i will, too, whatever brother Bartholomew says” (the Sholtos as opposites)
  • “He was bright, eager and in excellent spirits, a mood which in his case alternated with fits of the blackest depression” Watson describing Holmes
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What are key quotes for the theme of treasure and wealth in the Sign of Four?

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  • “Whoever had lost a treasure, I knew that night I had gained one” Watson
  • "”The treasure is lost”, said Miss Morstan calmly”
  • “We have plenty of money ourselves. I desire no more, besides it would have been such bad taste to have treated a young woman in so scurvy a fashion”
  • “My heart softened to him, but again the thought of the treasure turned me hard and bitter.” - when taking about killing the merchant
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How should you structure paragraphs?

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P - point
E - evidence
A - analysis
W - writers intentions
A - audience response
C - context
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When was the sign of four written?

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Victorian times

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What are features of context for sign of four?

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  • Victorian London was divided in classes and drug taking was normal
  • police weren’t liked (failed to catch Jack the Ripper a year before this was published)
  • published in a newspaper in chapters, so each chapter had a cliff hanger at the end
  • the Victorian empire and colonialism

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