A Sign of Four Context
Sherlock was a drug addict
Why quote "My mind rebels at stagnation"
Took heroin and cocaine
Sale of hard drugs was unrestricted at this time and you could just walk into Chemist shop and buy it
What -> relating to the period it is based in
Victorian time
Class orientated
Watson and Mary Morstanin same class
If she did not get treasure they would remain class and they could get married
If she got treasure they would be in different class and could not marry
Increased poverty
Many street urchins
Baker Street regulars
Needed money and Sherlock used them and paid them money to try and find the boat
Birth of industrialisation
Bought a lot of factories
Which brought a lot of pollution
Brought thick deep fog
Supsense - shadows gloom
Crime Jack the Ripper
Partiarchal society
Holmes thinks women are inferior to men
Quote "I would not tell them too much" "women are never entirely trusted - not the best of them"
The police force formed in 1956
Police not very experienced
Mr Athelney Jones not very good - thought he solved all the crimes when it was in fact Sherlock
In 1857 there was the Indian rebellion
Jonathon Small, Captian Morstan, Major Sholto were in India