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    Cause and Effect

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    Sherlock Holmes Influencing Modern Science [pic] Sherlock Holmes was a fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes was a London detective who was famous for his master disguises and his intellectual ability to solve difficult crime cases. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gave Sherlock Holmes many different ways to solve crimes such as fingerprinting‚ ballistics and handwriting analysis in order to determine the identity of the suspect. In the early 1900’s‚ solving a crime

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    There are numerous instances in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short stories of Sherlock Holmes in which Doyle brings aspects of his own life into the stories he writes. The way Doyle was raised by his mother and father‚ and the characteristics they possessed carried into his writing. Other people such as his teacher at Edinburg University also influenced his work in major ways. Also‚ Doyle’s occupation and studies prior to writing his stories built the narrator of the story‚ Dr. Watson. Finally the events

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    very exciting and has a good effect on readers. It may remind some of Edgar Allan Poes. Ferocious animals like the cheetah could be entertaining as well as slightly humorous ones like the baboon. It is also very appealing as it has a ’hero’ (Sherlock Holmes) and ’villain’ (Dr Roylott). The Speckled Band is presented as a ’locked room’ mystery. It has good use of red herrings; distractions from the real murderer/killer. It is written in first person‚ which makes us more intimate with the narrator

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    he original story that addicted readers to Sherlock Holmes A Study in Scarlet (1887) is the first novel of legendary Sherlock Holmes series written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was the second novel for Doyle next to “J.Habakuk Jephson’s Statement”‚ (1884) and it first appeared in Beeton’s Christmas Annual for 1887. While other Holmes’ stories are arguably much better written crime/detective mysteries‚ the origin of the best detective story for over a century consecutively delivers electrifying

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    The Speckled Band

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    Adventure of the Speckled Band” by Sir Arhur Conan Doyle exists as a spine-chilling thriller. Sherlock Holmes‚ an extremely skilled detective cracked the case of “The Speckled Band” with his keen observance. Sherlock Holmes’s sidekick‚ Doctor Watson aided Sherlock through the unknown with his loyalty and valiancy. In conflict Ms. Helen Stoner‚ a soon to be bride‚ sought put the assistance of Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson in hopes to soothe her concerned nerves. Last but not least‚ the story encompasses

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    A Study In Pink

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    episode “A Study in Pink” with Sherlock Holmes is a great mystery story for the people that enjoy mysteries. Benedict Cumberbatch does a magnificent job of playing the role of Sherlock Holmes. As well as Martin Freeman also does a great job of playing Dr. Watson. The show itself was well played and directed by Paul McGuigan. Overall the tv show was amazing and keeps your attention at all times. In the episode “A Study in Pink” Dr. Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes before the third murder takes

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    his destruction of Pinhead in The Scarlet Gospels‚ which in my opinion‚ was a big disappointment. On what would normally be a completely unrelated note‚ Sherlock Holmes has also never been more popular than it is today‚ with a couple TV shows and a movie series. It seems Holmes is

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    Speckled Band Sparknotes

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    a detective and a doctor‚ to help her solve this conundrum. The story occurred in the Roylott Stoke Maron Manor during April of 1883. It was terribly early in the morning when Helen Stoner worked up the audacity to elucidate her situation to Sherlock Holmes‚ a renowned detective. He demonstrated his observances quite plausibly; for he was indeed a perceptive man. His assistant‚ Dr. Watson‚ expressed his cooperative behavior in resolving the mystery. The solitary individual who could prevent the men

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    Arthur Conan Doyle

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    his or her novels. The creation of Sherlock Holmes was his most famous writing piece and is what people really know him by. “How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible‚ whatever remains‚ however improbable‚ must be the truth?” This quote was one of his many famous quotes he had and it came from the story “The Sign of Four”. Sherlock Holmes was an intelligent detective that used knowledge and clues to solve mysteries. Sherlock Holmes was a character connected to Doyle’s

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    Like A Professor: for Kids‚ Foster states that the blind needs a rescuer. Foster’s point is proven through Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Sign of Four‚ “The Adventure of the Speckled Band‚" and The Hound of the Baskervilles. In The Sign of Four‚ Sherlock Holmes is confronted with a past death and packages full of pearls sent to a woman named Ms. Morstan. Also‚ in The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle writes about a chain of murders to acclaim the wealth from the death of Sir Charles Baskerville. In “The

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