“The Adventure of the Speckled Band” was portrayed as a detective mystery story through several typical detective story conventions throughout its entirety. One of these conventions is that the victim in the story is an innocent woman who was mysteriously killed for no reason. The fact that the victim did not do anything to deserve her death aids the reader in sympathizing with her. Also, many mystery stories contain a very unique detective who has special skills to help him solve crimes. This is shown through Sherlock Holmes’ witty remarks and ideas throughout the story as he attempts to solve the mystery.
This Sherlock Holmes adventure reminded me of several episodes of the mystery television show Monk. In the show, Mr. Monk solves many strange murder cases and acts strangely as he solves them. Similar to Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Monk seems to be one step ahead of everyone else and always finds a way to solve the mysteries before anyone else. The conventions found in the personalities of the detectives Sherlock Holmes and Adrian Monk prove to be very similar in their respective mystery cases.
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