Holmes Vs St. Clair

Comparing Sherlock Holmes to Neville St. Clair there are obvious differences in each result to their performances; how they react to their actions and how others react to their preformed identities. With these two results we can determined which action is seen as a threat and which is seen with reward. Sherlock Holmes and Neville St. Clair both became shabbier than their normal identities, but the intent of their reason’s were different. Holmes was doing his job, protecting the Empire and solving crimes, a complete selfless act. His action of misleading people into thinking he was a drug addict was not considered an risk factor because the intent was Holmes to bring justice. St. Clair on the other hand, deceived people into pitting his character,
Huge Boone, and took their hard working money. St. Clair’s action are selfish and greedy, while Holmes is selfless in noble. Therefore, within the rigid Victorian Era hierarchy system, there is a bigger threat to destabilizing the description of each identity through St. Clair’s chosen performance. First, he knew what he was doing was wrong and disgraceful because he felt shame following his actions. Comparing that to Holmes who saw humor and proudness of his trickery. Secondly, the police force made sure St. Clair kept Huge Boone off the streets, in order to create stabilization back to the system; for Holmes, Watson was enlightened by his disguise. Stabilizing the notion of identity within the class system because it kept order within the Empire. If one was wealthy, they worked an intelligent job; if one was poor, they would beg.