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    the corpses of the victims‚ but Holmes did not have any type of technology to do tests on bodies. An autopsy is the examination of a dead body of a dead person and determines how they were killed. In addition‚ blood samples and DNA samples are taken for testing. Unfortunately‚ Holmes was unable to do this.  Rizzoli tried using violence while interrogating suspects as opposed to Holmes who was calm and collected while talking to potential suspects.  Unlike Holmes‚ Rizzoli does not make minute examinations

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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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    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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    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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    The film of Sherlock Holmes is an open mystery--which means the identity of the perpetrator is already released in the beginning of the movie and it also display the “perfect crime” of the perpetrator throughout the movie. We can tell that is a open mystery because the first scene of the movie is where Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are trying to prevent a black magic ritual that is run by Lord Blackwood. The police immediately arrested Lord Blackwood then few months later he got sentenced to death

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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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    many years Psychologists such as Freud‚ Skinner‚ Rogers and Watson‚ just to name a few‚ have contributed‚ providing us with invaluable tools to evaluate and treat mental illness‚ understand and treat phobias and indeed provide us with a window into the unconscious mind. In particular‚ two areas of study have intrigued me‚ so I believe it would be useful to compare and contrast these two very different approaches. Not only will I compare the methods of research used but also will note any similarities

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    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 Oscar Wilde ’s most successful play‚ The Importance of Being Earnest‚ became an instant hit when it opened

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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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    Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is one of‚ if not‚ the most iconic literary character ever in text due to the fact that this character has been adapted and recreated from the original texts by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to films‚ stage plays‚ television series’ etc. The first text to be printed was in 1887 but due to Sherlock Holmes signature key elements‚ he has been endured enough to stay relevant to this very day. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by British author‚ Sir Arthur Conan

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