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It profiles major characters including Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Mary Morstan, Captain Morstan, Major Sholto, Thaddeus Sholto, Bartholomew Sholto, Jonathan Small, Tonga, and Toby, outlining motives, relationships, and outcomes tied to the hidden treasure and murder. 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Habakuk Jephson’s Statement’, helped to popularise the mystery of the Mary Celeste.\u003Cbr>􀁩 The Sign of Four is the second novel of Arthur Conan Doyle in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson solve the mystery of the hidden treasure and murder.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>|\n\n\n|  |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| \u003Cbr>MAJOR CHARACTERS |  |\n| | SHERLOCK HOLMES\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>He is the protagonist and brilliant detective.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>He has supreme intelligence which allows him to solve the case.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Because of Holmes’ intellectual and deductive abilities, Miss Morstan asks him to help her solve the case of her missing father, Captain Morstan\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Holmes is intellectual, restless and Observant.\u003Cbr>DR . WATSON\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>He is Holmes partner and roommate.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>He has a strong sense of honor and discretion.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>He is very intelligent, empathetic but low observation power. \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>He falls in love with Miss Morstan and is later married.\u003Cbr>MARY MORSTAN\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>She has been searching her father for past 10 years and has received several mysterious pearls in the mail.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Mary’s father was a senior captain in India and had disappeared in London when visiting her daughter. |\n\n\n| |  | CAPTAIN MORSTAN\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>He was a British officer serving in India and the father of Miss Morstan.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>He was the friend of Major Sholto and had agreed to help Jonathan Small to escape from the prison of Andaman Island- where he and Sholto were working- in exchange for a share of Agra Treasure.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Unfortunately Major Sholto deceives (cheat) him and takes the treasure away.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>He died from heart attack during argument with Major Sholto. Sholto then hid his body to avoid suspicion and detection of treasure.\u003Cbr>MAJOR SHOLTO\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>He was a British officer serving in India and friend of Captain Morstan.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>He was the one approached by Jonathan Small about the location of Agra treasure, as his greed would make him an easy target, with a hope to release from prison as Sholto was an authority figure.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>He involved Captain Morstan in this task and later crossed Morstan and Small and took away the treasure. |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  | \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>When later Morstan confronts him, in an argument Morstan had an heart attack and dies. Sholto hid the body and kept the treasure. |  |\n| \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>He has two sons: Thaddeus Sholto and Bartholomew. On his deathbed, he had a change of heart and asked his sons to share the treasure with Miss Morstan. but he died before revealing the treasure’s location after seeing the face of Jonathan Small at the window. |  |  |\n\n\n| THADDEUS SHOLTO\u003Cbr>| | \u003Cbr>BARTHOLOMEW SHOLTO\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>􀁩 Bartholomew is Thaddeus’s twin brother and Major Sholto’s son.\u003Cbr>􀁩 He doesn’t like to share wealth or information with Holmes or Morstan.\u003Cbr>􀁩 Bartholomew discovers the chest and is later killed by Tonga with a poison dart. |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 􀁩 He is the son of Major Sholto.\u003Cbr>􀁩 He is sending the pearls to Mary Morstan, to share his wealth with her.\u003Cbr>􀁩 He informs that the treasure has been found by his brother Bartholomew and takes Holmes, Watson and Mary","cbCainUOfLUUaMom","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainUOfLUUaMom","pdf",2744458,32,"English","# About the Writer\n# Major Characters\n## Sherlock Holmes\n## Dr. Watson\n## Mary Morstan\n## Captain Morstan\n## Major Sholto\n## Thaddeus Sholto\n## Bartholomew Sholto\n## Jonathan Small (Wooden Leg)\n## Tonga\n## Toby\n# Outline (Structure) of the Novel","[{\"question\":\"Who is Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of Four and why does Mary Morstan contact him?\",\"answer\":\"Holmes is the protagonist and brilliant detective with supreme intelligence and strong deductive abilities. 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