written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902‚ it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England’s West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome‚ diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Doctor Watson investigate the case. This was the first appearance of Holmes since his intended death in "The Final Problem"‚ and the
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Aiding and abetting a felony” This phrase refers to Watson and Henry because they were aware that the escaped convict‚ Seldon‚ was just within their grasps. Because that they had found that Seldon was Barrymore’s brother‚ they decided that they should be kind-hearted towards the family. This promise was not kept when Watson and Henry were out of the sight of the Barrymore’s during the night; they chased down Seldon but lost him in the darkness. Barrymore
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the Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. One of the characters named Sherlock Holmes in this story is investigating on a missing case. He is hired by an old retired man‚ Josiah Amberley‚ to investigate about his wife’s missing with a neighbor‚ Dr. Ray Ernest. Mr. Josiah also claims that two people are missing along with his cash and securities and therefore he wants to catch both of them. Holmes gives this case to Dr. Watson to handle and find as much as evidences for this case. Holmes gives this case to
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MYSTERY What is ‘MYSTERY’? Mystery is defined as something that is a secret‚ something where there is no clear explanation‚ something difficult to understand or explain or something unexplainable or unsolvable. A . An example of a mystery is the location of your Christmas presents. B . An example of a mystery is whether there is proof that God exists. C .An example of a mystery is how exactly people came to be. D .An example of a mystery is a situation where it is unclear who committed a crime
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Baskerville at the end. In the paragraphs below I will be describing why I think Sherlock Holmes got involved in this case in the first place‚ why did he send Watson to pursue the case‚ rather than go himself or solve it with him‚ and If I was surprised to discover who the actual criminal was. Sherlock Holmes got involved in the case of Sir Charles Baskerville’s death because Dr. Mortimer thought that Sherlock Holmes could help him with this case since he was considered the second best expert
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Throughout Michael Dibdin’s piece “The Last Sherlock Holmes Story”‚ the author frequently portrays the concept of borderlands to elucidate important themes and events in the story. The importance of this concept is crucial in defining what makes the story so complex and yet almost explicit at the same time. Essentially the concept of borderlands conveys the idea of dualism‚ metaphorically‚ symbolically‚ and intrinsically. Sherlock Holmes in himself is already a complex entity which symbolically
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Four takes place in London in 1888. It started with the circumstance in which Edward Watson watches Sherlock Holmes inject cocaine three times a day for the past several months. Edward Watson is afraid to ask Holmes to stop using them. Finally‚ he got the courage and told him to stop taking them but Holmes simply told him that it elucidate his lethargic mind. Then Ms. Morstan comes to Sherlock Holmes and explains her unusual situation. Her father was in India. He sent a letter to his daughter saying
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Leading the previously mentioned characters‚ Sherlock has been featured on the silver screen since before color‚ has been played by a gaggle of popular actors‚ and even seen a vast number of television and video game versions. Of these‚ two of the most notable are the most recent with BBC’s Sherlock series and two films starring Robert Downey Jr.‚ proving that time does not diminish popularity‚ originality‚ or quality. But
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time‚ by Mark Haddon‚ is a novel giving an insight into the world of Christopher Boone‚ a 15-year-old boy with Asperger’s syndrome. This condition leaves Christopher’s ability to emotionally connect with other people non-existent. This idea centres around the book’s unique feel and theme of Christopher’s need for order and safety in his life as a necessity to function properly. It is soon clear however‚ that it is not only Christopher that has emotional
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character has remained to be‚ if not increasingly so‚ popular in the modern time. Sherlock Holmes created by Arthur Conan Doyle nearly 160 years ago is unique‚ widely appealing‚ intriguing and slightly strange‚ unlike many other characters that have appeared in books in the nineteenth century and later. As well as his charisma‚ Sherlock’s intelligence‚ almost inhumanly so‚ is what sets him apart from the rest. The Sherlock Holmes Series exposed the world to a completely different type of detective/mystery
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