Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Dancing Men Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure
of the Dancing Men
Arthur Conan Doyle
Author
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (22
May 1859 – 7 July 1930)
• Scottish physician and writer
• crime fiction
• prolific writer
Think about:
• What kind of role does Watson play in the
story?
• What's the definition of "normal sidekick" in
a detective story?
Common elements
• genius detective
• normal sidekick: audience surrogate
• red herring
Clues
• dancing man ---- symbols
• the smell of powder ---- window opened
• a hole near the window-sash ---- the third
bullet
• candle ---- window opened for a very short
time
• footmarks and brazen cylinder ---- the killer
Sherlock's logic
• method of exclusion:
A/B/C → remove B&C(use evidence that has been
discovered ) → A is the final answer
• Possibility comparison
• use imagination scientifically
Writing skills
• Why author mentioned Watson's investment
in South Africa at the beginning of the
passage?
• side description
Homework
Group work: Use symbols of dancing men to
write conversations or stories.(Everyone in
the group should write at lease one sentance.)
Symbols