Desborough, Silas' horse, is second favourite and, like any other horse owner, he wants it to win. Some observations I came up with while reading: Inspector Gregory seems to be Sherlock’s favorite investigator so far–he was actually careful not to contaminate the crime scene. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. An editor This is the 15th Sherlock Holmes story.Collected in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. If Silas Brown were the murderer there would be a clear motive. The result may have been all the evidence he needed to convince himself that now was the time to pull the plug. Doyle had given himself the leeway to experiment with the formula and the determination seems to be that it was not a direction he wanted to continue. Perhaps the reason they are not as popular may have to do with being examples of Doyle experimenting with formula and taking risks with his creation. GCSE resources with teacher and student feedback, AS and A Level resources with teacher and student feedback, International Baccalaureate resources with teacher and student feedback, University resources with teacher and student feedback. Copyright © 1999 - 2020 GradeSaver LLC. For instance, “The Adventure of the Yellow Face” not only takes the risk of committing strongly to what would have been a rather unpopular anti-racism message, but it is also one of the very few occasions where Sherlock Holmes is actually proven wrong in his deduction. Although he had had the horse with him, it was nowhere to be seen. And so it would seem that the writing of these stories which may not have connected as strongly with readers as previous stories did was not the stimulus behind the apparent death of Sherlock Holmes which follows. GradeSaver, 26 December 2017 Web. He also told him the horse had been the murderer. resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. He’d gotten the tinkering out of the way and then proceeded to prove that he could use the formula to produce just as good a Holmes adventure as ever and one after another at that. opinion, did not have Simpson as the murderer as it would have been too obvious as he was at the stables earlier in the night of the murder. In this story, John Straker is leading a double life and needs money to maintain his lifestyle; he bets against Silver Blaze and tries to harm him so he goes lame. Eventually, Holmes uses all the evidence to reveal that Straker was killed by the horse in trying to 'nick' its tendons and prevent him from winning the race. The last half of the stories reveal a writer committing to the formula with what would seem to be the goal of seeing how much creativity was still left there. He pretends like he didn’t find the horse even though he did. The lack of familiarity with much of the first half of the collection could certainly account for Doyle deciding he’d had enough were it not for the one thing. The trainer had been trying to secretly lame it to make some money, but the horse kicked and killed him. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. "Silver Blaze" pertenece al coronel Ross, propietario de las famosas cuadras de King's Pyland, donde John Straker, al parecer un hombre de honestidad probada, trabaja como preparador. lad that was on duty the night the murder happened. By the four stories which precede “The Final Problem” Doyle was back to form with stories that meet all the conventional expectations of a Holmes adventure. Are the clues contained right there in the other stories and do those clues point to a logical solution? All Rights Reserved. However, a lot of the evidence turns out to be a 'red herring', for example Simpson carrying a large stick that could. You must have JavaScript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website. Edith Baxter - maid “The Crooked Man,” “The Resident Patient,” “The Greek Interpreter” and “The Naval Treaty” combined to present memorably twisted villains, high level British intelligence concerns and even another clever female for Holmes to match wits against in a high stakes battle of nerves. Another character that could have been the murderer is Silas Brown. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. “The Adventure of the Gloria Scott” also tinkers with the template by having Holmes serve as the narrator rather than Watson in a recollection of one of his first cases. or By contrast, five of the first six stories following “Silver Blaze” are among the least well known and the group is also notable for the fact that only two were adapted for the ambitious and popular BBC series starring Jeremy Brett as Holmes. ...read more. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is most notable for the stories which open and close the collection. He had given him great cases to solve and written them with great style and inventiveness. Plus there was humor, plus this one didn’t start with “The Adventure of…”. Sherlock visits the scene and figures it out, and Watson even helps. ...read more. Notable quotes: “It is more than possible; it is probable.” and he mentions, “The curious incident of the dog in the night time.” I wonder if that’s where that title for that cute book I read once about a boy with autism came from? In the process, the horse had reared up on him and kicked him in the head. You can help us out by revising, improving and updating Reaction: I totally guessed this one right! will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. The story is told in the view of Watson, as this creates suspense as you do not find out the information and relevance of clues at the same time as Holmes does. A dos millas de allí se encuentran las cuadras de Capleton, de Lord Backwater, amigo de Lord St. Simon y uno de los invitados a su boda en El aristócrata solterón. However, when the reader discovers the truth about what happened there is a feeling that Straker got what he deserved and there is no sadness. Sherlock Holmes: “Silver Blaze” Summary: Sherlock is called to help locate a missing prize horse before its race. Which just might well be the smoking gun inside The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Meanwhile, “The Adventure of the Reigate Squire” may not tumble off the lips of many contemporary readers listing their favorite Holmes mysteries, but Conan Doyle himself listed it among his dozen personal favorites. What more was there to prove after such a display? The closing story, by contrast, is even more famous what does not happen although it would take many years for readers to learn that this was the case. As of yet, Blaze the Cat has no theme song, although many fans have taken Silver's theme, 'Dreams of an Absolution,' to be a dual Silver/Blaze theme. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Study Guide: Analysis". Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Eventually, Holmes uses all the evidence to reveal that Straker was killed by the horse in trying to 'nick' its tendons and prevent him from winning the race. Sherlock visits the scene and figures it out, and Watson even helps. So, by him not being the killer, it adds a sense of mystery, as he is the main suspect. this section. This student written piece of work is one of many that can be found in our GCSE Arthur Conan Doyle section.