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    greatest detective of all time. Sherlock Holmes is known as the man to go to when you need a crime solved. He is clever‚ swift and can ultimately do it all. However‚ there are countless different versions of the Sherlock Holmescharacter that appear across various adaptations. For example‚ the original Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Conan Doyle and the modern TV series Sherlock created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. Though perceived differently‚ Sherlock Holmes’ short stories and TV series

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    of Sherlock Holmes” As a detective‚ Sherlock Holmes is widely known to the world. As even Holmes becomes a synonym for the brilliant detectives in our daily life. The prototype for the modern mastermind detective‚ Holmes first appeared in Conan Doyle’s “A Study in Scarlet‚” published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual of 1887. As the world first and only “consulting detective‚” he pursued criminals throughout Victorian and Edwardian London‚ the south of England‚ and continental Europe. Holmes made

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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. The

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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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    Hunter Byars Andrew Kelly ENG1123 July 24‚ 2013 Dr. Joseph Bell: Doyle’s inspiration for his Sherlock Holmes character Arthur Conan Doyle is the author of the very popular Sherlock Holmes series. He wrote many adventures about Sherlock Holmes‚ a consulting detective who is extremely intelligent and sees the world differently than most people. Although Holmes is a fictional character‚ Doyle was inspired by one of his University professors‚ Dr. Joseph Bell‚ who was an expert in deductive reasoning

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    Sherlock has come to a conclusion that “doctors make the greatest criminals”. He is completely correct. Doctors are equipped with a whole list of skills they need to be great doctors. There are many factors that come into play in “the adventure of the speckled band”. Some skills that doctors have that makes them a great criminal are the creativeness to work out a plan‚ the background knowledge of the body and how toxins would affect it‚ and the patience and steady mindedness of a doctor. Dr. Gimesby

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    of the publisher. For complete copyright information on these eNotes please visit: http://www.enotes.com/importance−being/copyright Table of Contents 1. The Importance of Being Earnest: Introduction 2. Oscar Wilde Biography 3. Summary 4. Characters 5. Themes 6. Style 7. Historical Context 8. Critical Overview 9. Essays and Criticism 10. Compare and Contrast 11. Topics for Further Study 12. Media Adaptations 13. What Do I Read Next? 14. Bibliography and Further Reading Introduction

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    Adventures of the Speckled Band” was written by Author Conan Doyle a perceptive person named‚ Sherlock Holmes‚ tries to solve a crime with his devoted colleague‚ Dr. Watson. On April 18‚ 1883 a woman by the name of‚ Helen Stoner appears in Sherlock’s office desperately asking for help. Sherlock than told her to take a deep breath and tell them everything. Even though Helen was timid‚ she still told them the whole story. During the interrogation‚ Helen tells Dr. Watson and Sherlock that her sister‚

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    He deviated from both the norm and the image of a Gentleman in many ways. Holmes indulged in several strange hobbies‚ such as indoor target-practice‚ and malodorous experiments that would sometimes explode. The rooms of 221b Baker Street were also painstakingly organized in increasingly odd ways. The unanswered correspondences of Sherlock Holmes were fixed to the center of his desk with a jackknife. Holmes‚ was an expert on‚ and‚ like most gentlemen‚ an avid smoker of tobacco. The specific

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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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