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1 Describe Dr. Grimseby Roylott's character, supporting your description with
examples from the text​

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Can somebody please give me a character description of Dr Grimsby Roylott from "The Adventures of the Speckled Band" with some quotes?

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Dr Grimesby Roylott is a violent, aggressive and intimidating character-

he is a man of immense strength, and absolutely uncontrollable in his anger.

He was very antisocial and unpopular

He had no friends at all save the wandering gipsies.

Roylott was also known to be physically violent towards his stepdaughters -

Holmes pushed back the frill of black lace which fringed the hand that lay upon our visitor's knee. Five little livid spots, the marks of four fingers and a thumb, were printed upon the white wrist.