Sherlock Holmes has been called, “the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has ever seen.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle shows us just how this reasoning “machine” operates in A Scandal in Bohemia. Showing how his canny wits, keen observation skills, and analytical reasoning affirm Sherlock to be a highly intelligent individual.…
In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “A Scandal in Bohemia,” the content of the photograph causes problem for the king. In addition, Holmes’s reaction to the photograph creates suspense, and Doyle’s tone achieves this suspense. I believe the content of the photograph causes a problem for the king because the king will be married to Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meningen, second daughter of the King of Scandinavia, and the photograph contains the picture of the king when he was still a prince and a woman named Irene Adler. “Threatens to send them the photograph.” Irene Adler threatens the king that she will send the photograph to Clotilde’s family that’s why the king is having a problem. Next, Holmes’s reaction to the photo creates suspense. “Oh, dear! That…
The famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is known for his keen observation skills and logical thinking that has outsmarted criminal masterminds. His ability to conclude a theory from reason and logic is impressive; however, “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts" (Scandal, 3). For his cases, Holmes gathers up data and information in any way he can, one being the art of disguise. The use of disguises play a significant part in crime solving because they allow Holmes to conceal his identity so he can gather information and ultimately deceive society.…
Sherlock Holmes is a very strange man. He is a detective who can solve a mystery without even seeing what seems to be like too much evidence. His ethics are very interesting. He believes that murder cases turn out to have very complex ways of happening. He does not believe in the solar system, which the narrator thought was very weird. His decision to join the case to help was a just decision, because without him the case wouldn’t have been solved correctly. Holmes seems to always stick with his beliefs, not matter what the situation was, even after the case seemed like it was solved.…
The short stories, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” and “The Blanched Soldier,” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are filled with adventurous investigations featuring the genius detective Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes and is his trustworthy assistant, Dr. Watson, investigate the problems that are brought to them by clients, Helen Stoner and Mr. James M. Dodd, whom both seek their help in coming up with solutions to their cases. In “the Adventure of the Speckled Band,” Helen Stoner, a desperate young woman, is in need of Holmes assistance to solve her sister’s murder case, as she believes her life may be in great danger with her stepfather being around. While in “The Blanched Soldier,” Mr. Dodd brings a case in which his good friend, Godfrey…
Watson as a capable and brave individual, whom Holmes does not hesitate to call upon for both moral and physical assistance…
Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant, eccentric, and moody man who has been one of the most enduring figures in modern literature. Holmes is supposed to be a detective, but he’s actually a magician; that’s the key to his popularity. Many times in his stories, he comes up with results that seem magical. For example, in The Hound of the Baskervilles, all he has to do is LOOK at a walking stick, and then can give a complete physical description of its owner. His plots usually start off as a scary, inscrutable puzzle (usually murder), and end with him revealing the “elementary” answer and how he deduced it. The thing about Holmes is that he can always explain how he achieved his results, and that’s what makes his particular magic unique and so appealing.…
Christopher, a 15-year-old boy with autism (Asperger’s syndrome), is the main character of the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. He tries to find the suspect that killed his neighbor’s dog ‘ Wellington’. Sherlock Holmes is the protagonist in the detective fiction novel made up by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He is a consulting detective working in London. The two different characters are doing detective work in common. However, Sherlock is the better detective because he can think irrationally, has more experience, and…
Have you ever heard of Sherlock Holmes? Have you ever read one of his books? Sir Author Conon Doyle wrote one of Sherlock’s famous stories, “The Speckled Band.” Doyle likes to write detective stories. This essay will be explaining how “The Speckled Band” is considered a detective story.…
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, who is also connected with the American Romantic Movement. However, he was best known for his tales of mystery and horror. He was among the earliest American authors to write short stories and is usually considered the creator of what is now called the detective-fiction genre. He is also credited for his contribution in the ever evolving category of science fiction. His works have greatly swayed American literature and also other specialized fields like, cosmology and cryptography. His best known works of fiction were generally Gothic and dealt with themes like the effects of decomposition, the concerns of premature burial, the reanimation of the dead, and mourning.…
Griswold remarks in an obituary that Poe was a “drunken, womanizing madman with no morals and no friends.” Maybe Griswold was jealous, envious, or plain hateful and evil towards Poe. Could it be that maybe Griswold was true about the claims that he stated or that Poe was actually a genius that was misjudged by the world and its views of poetry and short stories of that era. Poe created the first detective horror stories, mystery, and to capture the imagination and interest of the world around him into his poetry, and short stories along with his own inner demons and sorrow.…
Sherlock Holmes in himself is already a complex entity which symbolically reveals dualism quite well in his alternate role as Professor Moriarty. This insight reveals the contrast between good and evil, and the borderland in many ways tests the bounds of morality to constitute what is right or just and what is considered…
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…
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle helps support the first rule of a good detective fiction in six ways. Sherlock Holmes’ observation, sarcasm, curiosity, love of tobacco, how confidently arrogant he is, and even his voice shows how he is a memorable detective. The first example is of Holmes’ observational skills. It reads, “You have presented an inch or two of it to my examination all the time that you have been talking. It would be a poor expert who could not give the date of a document within a decade or so.…
The short story composed by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Problem of Thor Bridge directly adheres to the conventions of crime writing, specifically, the great detective. These conventions include narration by Watson, a distressed person begging Holmes for assistance, the observation of the crime scene to discover clues and the detective explains to others what has occurred to the other characters and readers. Other conventions are used in the text yet the previously listed will be discussed in this essay. All of these conventions are evident through Doyle's literary features. These crime writing features ensure the text directly conforms to the great detective style of the genre.…