Sherlock Holmes Hero

The kind of hero the classical detective is someone who was very intelligent and competent and would solve the crime at hand. This type of hero has changed overtime because heroes nowadays have more of a “superpower,” than just the fact the detective is crazy smart. In “A Scandal in Bohemia,” the detective Sherlock Holmes uses his cleverness mind to solve the case the King needed him to solve. Holmes demonstrates his acumen early in the story by deciding how he is going to find the picture. Holmes’s plan was one he uses before, to have a disguise. This time being a clergyman (28). This demonstration corresponds to Dupin’s in “The Murders in Rue Morgue,” because he decided how he was going to solve the crime too early on. His plan was to go to the house himself and observe (9). Dupin and Holmes are seen as heroes because of their personalities and the fact they solve the insoluble cases. Holmes seemed to have more of an emotional side to him than Dupin did so readers feel more connected and excited when he solves the crime. Since he has more of an emotional side, readers admire this and like him more as a character and detective. Thus, seeing him as a hero because he solved the case. In “The Formula of the Classical Detective
Both Holmes’s and Dupin’s seem to be a step ahead of their companions, intelligence wise. For instance, Dupin’s companion admires and is astonished by Dupin’s analytic ability. They also both seem to decide what the plan is to get they need themselves, versus getting their companion’s advice. These two characters are also different from the police in the stories because they are more logical and clever. In “The Murders and Rue Morgue,” the police were stuck on the idea that the murderer was this man, but Dupin used his creativity and found more evidence that proved the police to be incorrect. Holmes on the other hand, I would say he was sneakier that what the police would