Sherlock Holmes In The Parallel Worlds

The Sherlock Holmes in the parallel worlds The concept of parallel universe states that the same person in these universe will hold different personalities, or to certain extent, different fates. The book The Sign of Four, The Adventure of the Empty House and the BBC TV series, The Empty Hearse, are just like parallel worlds for Sherlock. In these worlds, the differences can be best illustrate through his hobbies and his masculinity portrayals. Though, one could argue that the time setting in these two works are very different, and thus adjustments are needed in order to fit Sherlock Holmes into a contemporary world. Yet, these variations do not change the overall quality of Sherlock Holmes in either of the world, in which he is still a detective that utilizes his intelligence to handle crimes, but differentiated through certain aspects. We will start with behavioral differences. In The Sign of Four (Cite here, page 1), the first impression that can possibly come to one’s mind is that Sherlock is addicted to cocaine, despite Doctor Watson’s disapproval. Throughout the two books, we gradually understand that Doyle intends to shape Sherlock’s characteristics into an indifferent, emotionless figure. He tries to keep his mind occupied through running
In the book, he is a master of martial art and genius; while in the BBC TV series, he is a genius and modern technology expert that utilize media network to fetch information. Though sadly, neither of Sherlock’s variances are able to use the brilliant mind to handle women. Despite his issues on handling interpersonal emotions, the essence of them and what the audiences are longing to see is how Sherlock uses his intelligence to make justice serves. Thus, the variances possess critical characteristics—find out the key information, use logical deduction for crime solving and demonstrate the superiority—that make “Sherlocks”