after the 1887 publication of A Study in Scarlet‚ Arthur Conan Doyle’s first novel staring Sherlock Holmes‚ fan authors continue to modify and build upon this highly celebrated mystery narrative. Laurie R. King’s The Beekeeper’s Apprentice‚ for instance‚ investigates the concept of an older Holmes partnering up with a like-minded young woman named Mary Russell. The relationship that King develops between Holmes and Russell diverges in many ways from the original pairing of he and Dr. Watson‚ and it
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Social Outlook C. Influences or impacts Sir Arthur Conan Doyle “How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible‚ whatever remains‚ however improbable‚ must be the truth?” –from The Sign of the Four (1890). Sherlock Holmes was a character one would most likely recognize as the cunning detective who uses his keen wit to solve mysteries. This was a character chained to the life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ probably being the most famous of his literature. Why would
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character has remained to be‚ if not increasingly so‚ popular in the modern time. Sherlock Holmes created by Arthur Conan Doyle nearly 160 years ago is unique‚ widely appealing‚ intriguing and slightly strange‚ unlike many other characters that have appeared in books in the nineteenth century and later. As well as his charisma‚ Sherlock’s intelligence‚ almost inhumanly so‚ is what sets him apart from the rest. The Sherlock Holmes Series exposed the world to a completely different type of detective/mystery
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MYSTERY What is ‘MYSTERY’? Mystery is defined as something that is a secret‚ something where there is no clear explanation‚ something difficult to understand or explain or something unexplainable or unsolvable. A . An example of a mystery is the location of your Christmas presents. B . An example of a mystery is whether there is proof that God exists. C .An example of a mystery is how exactly people came to be. D .An example of a mystery is a situation where it is unclear who committed a crime
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Throughout Michael Dibdin’s piece “The Last Sherlock Holmes Story”‚ the author frequently portrays the concept of borderlands to elucidate important themes and events in the story. The importance of this concept is crucial in defining what makes the story so complex and yet almost explicit at the same time. Essentially the concept of borderlands conveys the idea of dualism‚ metaphorically‚ symbolically‚ and intrinsically. Sherlock Holmes in himself is already a complex entity which symbolically
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writing‚ specifically‚ the great detective. These conventions include narration by Watson‚ a distressed person begging Holmes for assistance‚ the observation of the crime scene to discover clues and the detective explains to others what has occurred to the other characters and readers. Other conventions are used in the text yet the previously listed will be discussed in this essay. All of these conventions are evident through Doyle’s literary features. These crime writing features ensure the text
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1. Chapter 1‚ Holmes: “I have at least‚ a well-polished‚ silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me‚” (1). In the line before Watson is amazed by the fact that Holmes was able to figure out what was in Watson’s hand even though his body was turned. But then makes the snarky remark that he just has a well-polished pot. By doing this he is showing that he cannot do everything that he is still human. 2. Chapter 1‚ Watson: “I think‚” said I‚ following as far as I could the methods of my companion‚ “that
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came onto the BBC‚ a show that brought the character of Sherlock Holmes back onto the small screen once again. My favourite TV character resides in this show‚ however he didn’t appear until the finale of ‘Sherlock’ Series one. Although only appearing for ten minutes at the end of the final episode of Series One‚ the character of Jim Moriarty fascinated me quite and automatically became my favourite TV character. In Series Two of ‘Sherlock’‚ the character of Moriarty took more of a main role position
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Detective Eliza Graham quickly read over the Police Report and proceeded to interrogate the first suspect – Jonathon Miller. He was an old‚ pudgy man with friendly eyes and a large‚ distinguishing nose. She could hardly see how this could be the man responsible for murder‚ but looks can be deceiving. ‘So‚’ the man said a little too cheerfully for Eliza’s liking. ‘Would you be able to tell me what all this—’ he waved a hand to the closed file Eliza was holding‚ ‘—is about? I’m afraid I have an important
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The names Michael Swango‚ H.H. Holmes and Harold Shipman are name that many people would not recognize. In fact they were all doctors with a dreadful criminal background. Collectively‚ they were responsible for the deaths of several hundred people. Each was able to use his scientific training and education to elude authorities for many years. In the “Adventures of the Speckled Band” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ the famous detective Sherlock Holmes concludes quite convincingly that doctors “make the
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