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    During A time of greatness and heartache there had to a place of happiness. For some it was on the race track but for others it was the ring. Boxing demonstrates all the characteristics of fitness and mental strength. It can be the funnest thing to do but for some it is rounds and rounds of punishment. To do be great you have to want to be great and seek the fight. You have to want and love it because without it there is no way to win. The greatest of boxers were praised and criticized by thousand

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    Lest anyone forgets‚ James ‘Buster’ Douglas handed ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson his first pro loss on February 10‚ 1990. Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo‚ Japan was the venue for the forty-two-to-one underdog’s stunning triumph over a man many considered the most unbeatable heavyweight champion since a young George Foreman terrorized the division in the seventies. Individuals mentioned its resemblance to the concluding moments in Rocky II‚ which came out over ten years before Buster’s motion-picture-caliber stoppage

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    terrorized Chicago in the late 1800’s‚ yet he was a slave to his own mind and his own disorders. Herman‚ who is also famous as H. H. Holmes had two personality disorders that drove him to commit the actions that he committed. evidence shows that Holmes had personality disorders like narcissistic personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder. H. H Holmes shows signs of antisocial personality disorder in many ways. To begin with‚ Mudgett started at an early age torturing animals (CNN)

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    Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is one of‚ if not‚ the most iconic literary character ever in text due to the fact that this character has been adapted and recreated from the original texts by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to films‚ stage plays‚ television series’ etc. The first text to be printed was in 1887 but due to Sherlock Holmes signature key elements‚ he has been endured enough to stay relevant to this very day. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by British author‚ Sir Arthur Conan

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    Sherlock Holmes” As a detective‚ Sherlock Holmes is widely known to the world. As even Holmes becomes a synonym for the brilliant detectives in our daily life. The prototype for the modern mastermind detective‚ Holmes first appeared in Conan Doyle’s “A Study in Scarlet‚” published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual of 1887. As the world first and only “consulting detective‚” he pursued criminals throughout Victorian and Edwardian London‚ the south of England‚ and continental Europe. Holmes made a singular

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    Hound of the Baskervilles The main protagonist‚ Sherlock Holmes is an observant‚ intelligent‚ and egotistic detective. He sometimes lacks the empathy needed in basic human relationships but manages to maintain a close friendship with his partner and roommate‚ Dr. John Watson. Also Holmes is able to understand the factor of human emotions in a crime A glimpse of Holmes’ observant mind can be seen as early as the first chapter when Holmes and Dr. Watson are in their home office. Dr. Watson examines

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    Sherlock Holmes is known to solve very hard mysteries that almost nobody can solve. But in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mystery story‚ “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”‚ he solved one mystery that nobody would have expected for who have caused it. Holmes figures out Dr. Roylott had caused Julia’s death. It all started when he noticed the bed was clamped to the floor‚ there was a bell pull that did not work‚ and there was a ventilator connected between Dr.Roylott’s and Julia’s room. During Holmes investigation

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    true nature of the characters detective Sherlock Holmes and the psychologist Sigmund Freud. Although‚ both of the characters shared similarities and differences in their professional methods that they used in their career‚ the two characters were both monumental figures that changed the human history through their brilliance in work. First‚ there are many similarities between the characters Sherlock Holmes and Sigmund Freud. For example‚ both Holmes and Freud smoked tobacco preferably both tried

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    Weather Through Sherlock Holmes In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories of Detective Sherlock Holmes‚ the city of London itself is an important character and has a very active role. The city interferes constantly with the story and places itself dominantly in the novels. It is important to note how the city of London is represented and what kind of role it plays in the tales of Detective Holmes. Looking into how the city not only seems to create its own crime‚ but how Holmes uses the city to solve its

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    In the story of The Adventure of the Cardboard Box‚ Sherlock Holmes is a Static Protagonist. Sherlock is the leading man through the story so that makes him the protagonist. Sherlock does not change through the story. The reason why Sherlock is a static character is because of the type of story that he is in. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box may have strong characters but that is not the main focus of the story. Sherlock Holmes stories are about the mysteries. Most of the characters in Sherlock’s

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