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    reveals the true nature of the characters detective Sherlock Holmes and the psychologist Sigmund Freud. Although‚ both of the characters shared similarities and differences in their professional methods that they used in their career‚ the two characters were both monumental figures that changed the human history through their brilliance in work. First‚ there are many similarities between the characters Sherlock Holmes and Sigmund Freud. For example‚ both Holmes and Freud smoked tobacco preferably both

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    In the story of The Adventure of the Cardboard Box‚ Sherlock Holmes is a Static Protagonist. Sherlock is the leading man through the story so that makes him the protagonist. Sherlock does not change through the story. The reason why Sherlock is a static character is because of the type of story that he is in. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box may have strong characters but that is not the main focus of the story. Sherlock Holmes stories are about the mysteries. Most of the characters in Sherlock’s

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    adventure stories or melodramas‚ but one of the most prominent embodies the cultural mythology of detectives‚ criminals‚ police‚ and suspects in a classic form that is almost pure mystery. Edgar Allen Poe first noticeably expressed the traditional detective story in the 1840s‚ but it did not become a widely popular genre until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This rise in popularity of the detective story coincided with the success of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories

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    Detective story Once about 2 years ago I read out to my cousin a detective story. It was the story of an English magazine for children. The plot began at 11 o’clock when the inspectors telephone started ringing. The inspector picked up the phone and said‚ "hello". The person on the other side of that call informed about the murder of the rich man in that town.  The police inspector was shocked to hear that. He immediately asked his constables to follow and went to that rich man’s house. When

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    Sherlock Holmes different methods of solving crimes The detective genre is prominently one of the most popular forms of literature. When the detective subject arises in conversation‚ one is quick to think of the original and typical detective profile‚ imagining a man in a plaid coat‚ brown hat and a large magnifying glass pressed against his face‚ sniffing out clues and making rather large assumptions in regard to his mystery at hand. Although the description above would describe your classic

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    Which clues did Sherlock Holmes focus on and how did those clues help him solve the case? There are many clues detectives need to solve mysteries. Often times‚ detective use unconvential ways to solve cases. Although these clues may not be obvious‚ Holmes always finds a way to find culprit. The stories Copper Beaches‚ the Speckled Band‚ and The Beryl Coronet‚ show how Holmes methodically uses the information inquired to crack the case. In the story‚ Copper Beaches‚ Violet tells Holmes‚ “She must wear

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    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 Speckled Band”‚ I thought this was a basic “good vs. evil” type story‚ with Sherlock Holmes and his partner‚ Dr. Watson

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    Sherlock Holmes is known to solve very hard mysteries that almost nobody can solve. But in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mystery story‚ “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”‚ he solved one mystery that nobody would have expected for who have caused it. Holmes figures out Dr. Roylott had caused Julia’s death. It all started when he noticed the bed was clamped to the floor‚ there was a bell pull that did not work‚ and there was a ventilator connected between Dr.Roylott’s and Julia’s room. During Holmes investigation

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    speak louder than words. Who is to say that actions and words do not have equal value? In many detective stories‚ spanning from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous Sherlock Holmes‚ to Wilkie Collins’s The Moonstone‚ the detective weighs each witness’s actions and words equally and compare these two sets of information to see if the witness’s actions align with their account of events. Of course‚ the detective must possess keen observational skills in order to discern any differences between the witness’s

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    Detective Olson! Thank goodness you’re here. My necklace is missing! You have to find the person who took it!” Detective Monica Olson had just reached the door when Anita Ray burst it open in terror. Monica followed Mrs. Ray into a beautifully decorated room where two professionally dressed men stood. On the table next to them was an empty jewelry box. Through a large‚ opened window behind the table‚ Olson could see someone out back cutting the grass and a small child playing with her dolls.

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