Sherlock Holmes is a prominent figure in Victorian literature as well as modern television and film. He is a renowned character as he uses his sharp intellect to solve many mysterious crimes alongside his partner‚ John Watson. Holmes has a darker side that is often overlooked by many fans. His long history of drug use as well as the possibility of mental illness. Psychopathy‚ and addiction. Psychopathy otherwise known as‚ Antisocial Personality Disorder‚ is characterized by: deceitfulness‚ irresponsibility
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When the word ‘detective’ is uttered‚ who cannot say that the first image to come to mind was the man in the ear hat and the Belstaff coat‚ magnifying glass in hand‚ a pipe resting upon his lips? Undoubtedly‚ Sherlock Holmes is one of the most famous literary characters of all time. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation is known to this day as the brilliant detective who can solve any mystery using merely the prowess of his mind‚ yet the enduring image of this ‘high-functioning sociopath’ remains an
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Period 1 Sherlock Holmes Paper There is no doubt that Sherlock Holmes is a memorable story character. His intriguing wit‚ arrogance‚ sidekick Dr. Watson‚ and extraordinary observation of life to solve a crime‚ all combine together to create a skilled detective who can capture the attention of undying attention of readers everywhere. Although there are many key examples of Sherlock Holmes’s brilliance and exuberant personalities throughout the book‚ The Hound of the Baskervilles‚ there are seven
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Mordechai Geiger Mrs. Lesserman 3.3.2016 Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four Sherlock Holmes is an enjoyable read. The plot is gripping‚ and the mysteries are solved brilliantly. Never-the-less‚ as the stories are short‚ it would seem that there is not quite enough time to develop all of the new characters. However‚ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adeptly solves this problem in the short story The Sign of Four‚ by creating symbolisms between the physical attributes of the characters and their more hidden features
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Sherlock Holmes is a truly great character in literature history. He is such a interesting character that can be brought alive from paper to film or television. Sherlock is a character that can be portrayed in many manners and each one will bring something different to this all in detective. With that being said Cumberbatch-Holmes is the best portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes in the movie played by Robert Downey Jr. and in the show Elementary played by Jonny Lee Miller are enjoyable and
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Theatrical Reason In Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Scandal in Bohemia‚ Sherlock Holmes uses his famous reasoning abilities to read a woman in order to solve a problem. After all‚ according to Holmes a woman’s emotions always give her away‚ making it easy for him to find Irene Adler’s hidden photograph. The apparently rational assumptions about women lead Sherlock Holmes to overconfidently use those generalizations in his reasoning to find the photograph. Theatricality is the main tool used by
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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
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Wong 10-20-10 Betz Period 5 Sherlock Holmes: 1930-Present Sherlock Holmes‚ originally casted with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in the 1930’s‚ has been a classic since it first came out. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce starred in three movies: The Hound Of The Baskervilles‚ Terror By Night‚ and The Women In Green. These were the three original films created in the late 1930’s and mid 1940’s. As years passes‚ new directors decided to create their own Sherlock Holmes film with a new cast. In 1979
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Good vs. Evil‚ in “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” This essay will examine the concept of “good vs. evil” as appears in the mystery story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1892. Speckled Band is a Sherlock Holmes mystery and one of the twelve stories that Doyle wrote in his “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” series (Wikipedia). Doyle was said to have felt that “Speckled Band” was his best Sherlock Holmes story (Wikipedia). When I first read “The
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