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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Angeles‚ the story is narrated by an African American laborer‚ Easy Rawlins‚ who is transformed into an L.A. detective after being pulled in to the affairs of local townspeople. The successful novel continued onto screen adaptation in 1995 and was directed by Carl Franklin and starred Denzel Washington‚ who also financed and produced the film (Easy Writer). From a well-liked hardboiled detective novel to a contemporary film‚ viewers and readers are restricted from several rhetorical devices and techniques
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The avowed aim of the crime fiction genre is a quest for justice for the victims of crime. This is driven by our fears and desires. It is the moral responsibility of the detective to solve the crime‚ and see that moral order is restored. As humans we have an innate sense that justice must be served; the quest of the detective becomes ours as well. Murder‚ being the ultimate crime reflects our fear of death and our desire to see moral retribution. It is part of the human condition to understand the
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Surrounded by shadow and mystery‚ a new type of genre is introduced‚ the detective story. In The murders in the Rue Morgue‚ Edgar Alan Poe crafts a story based on his interest in puzzles and mystery. Several ideas Poe incorporates into the story would later be the influenced for Sherlock Homes‚ who borrows similar elements from Poe’s work. The character of Dupin reflects Poe’s ability to decode and solve the unsolvable; meanwhile the narrator of the story is the reflection of the reader. Although
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Bangladesh‚ Bhutan‚ Burma‚ china‚ Nepal‚ Pakistan and Afghanistan are all of India’s neighbouring countries. To get to India people usually take a plane. Mumbai (Bombay)‚ Kolkata (Calcutta)‚ Chennai‚ Bangalore‚ Hyderabad and Ahmadabad are all large cities in India and its capital New Delhi. India has many attractions such as the Taj Mahal‚ Qutub Minar‚ Red fort‚ Lotus temple‚ Golden temple‚ Dal Lake and India Gate are only a few of India’s many tourist attractions. Like India’s culture its food
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Trends Biomater. Artif. Organs‚ 25(2)‚ 86-90 (2011) http://www.sbaoi.org Platelet-Rich Plasma: A Novel Bioengineering Concept Palwinder Kaur‚ Puneet‚ Varun Dahiya1 Department of Prosthodontics‚ Swami Devi Dyal Dental College & Hospital‚ Barwala‚ Distt. Panchkula. Haryana 1 Department of Periodontics‚ D J Dental College‚ Modinagar. Corresponding author: Dr. Palwinder Kaur‚ e-mail: soniya.bagri@gmail.com Received 19 August 2010; Accepted 12 January 2011; Available online 4 May 2011 A promising
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Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee Part One Description/Synopsis Judge Dee was a statesman to a town called Chang-Ping. He lived in the Tang Dynasty. He was known to be a famous detective and by his crime solving. The book‚ Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee‚ is broken down into three parts. This is because he is faced with three murders. The first murder‚ The Double Murder at Dawn‚ was the murder of the two silk merchants. The second murder‚ The Strange Corpse‚ was the sudden death of a young husband
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Gothic‚ detective and Science Fiction have been called the literatures of subversion. They have also been read as potentially highly conservative. Rosemary Jackson‚ for example‚ argues that these genres are “produced within – and determined by – social context. Though [they] might struggle against the limits of this context‚ often being articulated upon that very struggle‚ [they] cannot be understood in isolation from it.” (‘Fantasy: the Literature of Subversion’) Discuss this view in relation
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Crime fiction is a diverse and appealing genre. It is its unique capacity to evolve and transcend contextual barriers to suit changing paradigms that has ensured its popularity throughout time. Thematically‚ crime fiction has motifs such as the restoration of order‚ good overcoming evil‚ human nature and the completion of justice. However‚ it is the subversion of these conventions which exemplify the fluidity of the crime fiction genre‚ and thus‚ its diverse and appealing nature. The extent of this
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distinguish the most important theme‚ but I think that I should first of all write about post-modernist fiction. After the World War II writers started changing their way of writing from strict realism in American fiction to this post-modernist fiction‚ also known as ‘irrealism’ or ‘fabulation’. One of the first postmodernist writers was William Burroughts. In his books he is presenting a science – fiction world‚ probably created under the influence of his drug and alcohol addiction. In my opinion one of
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