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    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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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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    are always attempting to outsmart the novel and unearth its secrets. Therefore authors must be constantly striving to evolve the narration of the story and keep the element of surprise on the authors’ side. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins and Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle present two disparate ways of narrating a detective fiction novel. Collins uses multiple first person sources in an attempt to put the reader in the detective’s shoes‚ while Doyle employs

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    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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    Borderlands

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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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    Comparison – Contrast Essay in Meyer’s The Seven-Per-Cent Solution Father of detective work‚ Sherlock Holmes and father of psychoanalysis‚ Sigmund Freud‚ can be compared and contrasted in Nicholas Meyer’s The Seven-Per-Cent Solution. Sherlock Holmes can be identified as one of the most brilliant fictional characters of the 19th century period. As a “consulting detective”‚ he uses his extraordinary abilities and logical reasoning to solve some of the most difficult cases. Equally as brilliant

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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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    and in Devonshire‚ Baskerville Hall as the story progresses. The mystery begins when Sherlock Holmes finds a cane left in his office by an unknown visitor along with his assistant‚ Dr.Watson. The cane’s owner later appears to be James Mortimer‚ as he entered the office showing an 18th century manuscript. Mortimer mentions the “curse” of the Baskerville family dying suddenly under mysterious circumstances and Sherlock decides to take the case. They discover that Sir Henry Baskerville is the next victim

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    Speckled Band Sparknotes

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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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    Rear Window

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    After many people read novels‚ and then watch the film‚ you hear them leave the theater saying that movie was nothing like the book. That can be true‚ but a movie has to be judged while keeping in mind that it has both a budget and a time limit‚ which only allows most movies to focus on the crux of the story. However‚ where books attempt to give a depiction of their characters and capture their essence‚ a good director can encapsulate and portray the fundamental nature of the characters clearly

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