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    his Sherlock Holmes stories effective and engaging? In the Sherlock Holmes series‚ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle managed to create one of the most famous fictional characters in the whole of English literature. So engaging and evocative was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s writing‚ that many people believed that Sherlock Holmes actually existed and wrote to him to ask him to solve their cases. Even after Conan Doyle killed off the character in the Hounds of Baskerville‚ the public insisted that Sherlock Holmes

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    on Sherlock Sherlock is a modern update of the story of the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London. The lead character is Sherlock. He appears as a tall‚ thin man with dark‚ curly hair. Like the original character‚ Sherlock is able to deduce information from the smallest details. Sherlock is often insensitive of how this affects the officers and usually ridicules their incompetence; however‚ he is frequently mocked by them for being eccentric. Sherlock seems

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    Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are both unique and intriguing characters. They have captured the imagination of all who have read any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories. The adventures and crime solving are secondary to the characters and personality traits of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The first thing to know about Sherlock Holmes is that he was an incredible detective. He could be very ambitious at times fully concentrating on solving a puzzling crime or he could be equally

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    The BBCs Sherlock has an extremely fanatical audience that enjoy the pace of the show as well as the clever dialogue. The co-writers of the television show‚ Stephen Moffat and Mark Gatiss have managed to stay true to the essence of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s book series but put a 21st century twist with their version which is enjoyed by all. In the final dramatic scene in the first ever episode of Sherlock (BBC‚ 2010) where it’s a showdown between Sherlock and the taxi driver who has been murdering

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    Chapter One Sherlock Holmes had made an enemy. It was not in his best interests‚ with the detective just closing up a murder case that involved a bloodthirsty beast and multiple killers. It’s no secret many people would love to put a bullet through him‚ but those people are‚ more often than not‚ put behind bars. Of course‚ it did not seem to bother him at all. “Watson! You’ve made tea‚ haven’t you?” exclaimed the gentleman that sat‚ with his hands clasped‚ in a green armchair that faced the fireplace

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    Sherlock practices functionality as he only stores knowledge that serves his purpose of solving mystery cases. For instance‚ Watson describes how Sherlock only educates himself on matters that are “useful to him” (Doyle 17-18). Rather than unrealistically try push the boundaries of the human mind‚ Sherlock understands that the mind is an “attic” with limited space (Doyle 17). It is for this reason‚ he says he fills his metaphoric “attic” with the “tools” which will “help him in doing his work” (Doyle

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    Compare/Contrast James Holmes is portrayed as evil‚ described as being an animal‚ as well as being severely mentally ill. He compares with the stereotype of other mass shooters because all mass shooters have a well thought out plan on what they do and where they go once they commit the crime and that is exactly what he did. The one thing that separates him from the exact stereotype is that he was completely calm and felt no need to rush even when he was approached by law enforcement as he was

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    Holmes Vs St. Clair

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    Comparing Sherlock Holmes to Neville St. Clair there are obvious differences in each result to their performances; how they react to their actions and how others react to their preformed identities. With these two results we can determined which action is seen as a threat and which is seen with reward. Sherlock Holmes and Neville St. Clair both became shabbier than their normal identities‚ but the intent of their reason’s were different. Holmes was doing his job‚ protecting the Empire and solving

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    Hound of the Baskervilles The main protagonist‚ Sherlock Holmes is an observant‚ intelligent‚ and egotistic detective. He sometimes lacks the empathy needed in basic human relationships but manages to maintain a close friendship with his partner and roommate‚ Dr. John Watson. Also Holmes is able to understand the factor of human emotions in a crime A glimpse of Holmes’ observant mind can be seen as early as the first chapter when Holmes and Dr. Watson are in their home office. Dr. Watson

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    the corpses of the victims‚ but Holmes did not have any type of technology to do tests on bodies. An autopsy is the examination of a dead body of a dead person and determines how they were killed. In addition‚ blood samples and DNA samples are taken for testing. Unfortunately‚ Holmes was unable to do this.  Rizzoli tried using violence while interrogating suspects as opposed to Holmes who was calm and collected while talking to potential suspects.  Unlike Holmes‚ Rizzoli does not make minute examinations

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