Characters:
1) Sherlock Holmes - the detective, intelligent, practical, logically thinking.
2) Dr John Watson - Sherlock Holmes assistant , an emotional person, fell in love of Mary Morstan
3) Miss Mary Morstan - main lady character, daughter of Captain Morstan, used to get a huge pearl from last 6 years.
4) Captain Morstan - father of Mary Morstan, corrupt prison guard, disappeared from last 10 years, friend of Major Sholto.
5)Major Sholto - a friend of Captain Morstan, father of Thaddeus Sholto and Bartholomew Sholto, a corrupt prison guard.
6) Thaddeus Sholto and Bartholomew Sholto - sons of Major Sholto, used to send a huge pearl every year on a particular date.
7) Tonga - an aborigin of the Andman Island, an accomplise of Jonathan Small, an expert in blowing the dart.
8) Toby - a sniffer dog.
9) Jonathan Small - was an European solder having a wooden leg, an accomplise in the theft of Aagra Treasure, one of the four who signed on the chit.
10) Mohamet Singh - an Indian accomplise joined to Jonathan Small in the theft of Aagra Treasure, one of the four who signed on the chit.
11) Abdullah Khan - an Indian accomplise joined to Jonathan Small in the theft of Aagra Treasure, one of the four who signed on the chit.
12) Dost Akbar - an Indian accomplise joined to Jonathan Small in the theft of Aagra Treasure, one of the four who signed on the chit.
13) Mrs. Cecil Forester - Mistress of Mary Morstan, she suggested Mary to take help of Sherlock Holmes and his assistant.
Setting:
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Theme:
1) Agra Treasure
2) Greed and wealth
Conflict
1) External conflict
Q1) Explain the character sketch of Sherlock Holmes.
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Q1) Sherlock Holmes is the leading character in the extract.
Q2) Explain the character sketch of Dr. Watson.
Q3) Explain the character sketch of Ms. Mary Morstan.
4) Explain the character sketch of Major Sholto.
Q5) Holmes is always one step ahead of Dr. Watson in solving cases. Explain.
6) Elaborate - "You really are an automaton- a calculating machine".
Ans: This sentence is said by Watson to Holmes when Mary Morstan had left the house of Holmes after discussing her case.Being emotional, Watson attracted to Ms. Morstan and appreciated her beauty. When he told about it to Holmes, Holmes said that she is just a client with a case. So he said that he didn't notice whether she was attractive or not. That time, Watson called him a calculating machine.
7) Who said to whom.
8) How does the mystery of Bartholomew's murder lead Holmes to track down Small?
Ans: When Mary Morstan, Holmes, Watson and Thaddeus Sholto reached Bartholomew's room, they find out that the care taker is very panic. He tells them that Bartholomew doesn't come out from his room the whole day. They find the body of Bartholomew,who has been murdered. After investigating for some time, Holmes concludes from the footprints that two persons have entered in the room. One of them is having a wooden leg and another footprints were very small which indicates that the another person would be short . Holmes instructed Watson to bring Toby, sniffer dog. With the help of it they reach to the edge of the Thames, where they come to know that the two criminals had hired a boat. Holmes, Watson and police officer pursue the boat, overtake it and capture the wooden-legged man, who was Jonathan Small.
