![]() Such interpretations provide roots for different readings of the snake and the other Indian elements that find a more positive or powerful view of both colonized cultures and the feminine in the story. This emphasis has inspired interpretations that concentrate on the story’s imperial allusions and challenge the reading of the snake as a symbol of “destructive male sexuality” (Jann 121). Roylott’s relationship with his stepdaughters on financial rather than physical victimization. “The Speckled Band” creates tension by portraying potentially inappropriate sexuality, but it places the emphasis of Dr. With Arthur Shields, Alan Napier, Evelyn Ankers, Melville Cooper. This conclusion, based on the gothic elements, is supported by the phallic image of the snake that crawls nightly into the victims’ room through a small air shaft. The Adventure of the Speckled Band: Directed by Sobey Martin. The gothic elements also introduce the potential of submerged incestuous desire between the powerful but insane stepfather and his innocent, victimized stepdaughters. These elements emphasize the supernatural appearance of the story’s events, making Holmes’s rational solution to the crime more surprising in comparison. The gothic reveals itself through exaggeratedly virtuous and demonic character types and through a decayed, half-empty house. ![]() “The Speckled Band” is of interest for a number of reasons, including its gothic elements, potentially sexual imagery, colonial connections, and incidental discussion of class and profession. ![]()
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