He deviated from both the norm and the image of a Gentleman in many ways. Holmes indulged in several strange hobbies‚ such as indoor target-practice‚ and malodorous experiments that would sometimes explode. The rooms of 221b Baker Street were also painstakingly organized in increasingly odd ways. The unanswered correspondences of Sherlock Holmes were fixed to the center of his desk with a jackknife. Holmes‚ was an expert on‚ and‚ like most gentlemen‚ an avid smoker of tobacco. The specific
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Sherlock Holmes is a prominent figure in Victorian literature as well as modern television and film. He is a renowned character as he uses his sharp intellect to solve many mysterious crimes alongside his partner‚ John Watson. Holmes has a darker side that is often overlooked by many fans. His long history of drug use as well as the possibility of mental illness. Psychopathy‚ and addiction. Psychopathy otherwise known as‚ Antisocial Personality Disorder‚ is characterized by: deceitfulness‚ irresponsibility
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The film of Sherlock Holmes is an open mystery--which means the identity of the perpetrator is already released in the beginning of the movie and it also display the “perfect crime” of the perpetrator throughout the movie. We can tell that is a open mystery because the first scene of the movie is where Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are trying to prevent a black magic ritual that is run by Lord Blackwood. The police immediately arrested Lord Blackwood then few months later he got sentenced to death
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When the word ‘detective’ is uttered‚ who cannot say that the first image to come to mind was the man in the ear hat and the Belstaff coat‚ magnifying glass in hand‚ a pipe resting upon his lips? Undoubtedly‚ Sherlock Holmes is one of the most famous literary characters of all time. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation is known to this day as the brilliant detective who can solve any mystery using merely the prowess of his mind‚ yet the enduring image of this ‘high-functioning sociopath’ remains an
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Period 1 Sherlock Holmes Paper There is no doubt that Sherlock Holmes is a memorable story character. His intriguing wit‚ arrogance‚ sidekick Dr. Watson‚ and extraordinary observation of life to solve a crime‚ all combine together to create a skilled detective who can capture the attention of undying attention of readers everywhere. Although there are many key examples of Sherlock Holmes’s brilliance and exuberant personalities throughout the book‚ The Hound of the Baskervilles‚ there are seven
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Mordechai Geiger Mrs. Lesserman 3.3.2016 Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four Sherlock Holmes is an enjoyable read. The plot is gripping‚ and the mysteries are solved brilliantly. Never-the-less‚ as the stories are short‚ it would seem that there is not quite enough time to develop all of the new characters. However‚ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adeptly solves this problem in the short story The Sign of Four‚ by creating symbolisms between the physical attributes of the characters and their more hidden features
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Sherlock Holmes is a truly great character in literature history. He is such a interesting character that can be brought alive from paper to film or television. Sherlock is a character that can be portrayed in many manners and each one will bring something different to this all in detective. With that being said Cumberbatch-Holmes is the best portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes in the movie played by Robert Downey Jr. and in the show Elementary played by Jonny Lee Miller are enjoyable and
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Theatrical Reason In Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Scandal in Bohemia‚ Sherlock Holmes uses his famous reasoning abilities to read a woman in order to solve a problem. After all‚ according to Holmes a woman’s emotions always give her away‚ making it easy for him to find Irene Adler’s hidden photograph. The apparently rational assumptions about women lead Sherlock Holmes to overconfidently use those generalizations in his reasoning to find the photograph. Theatricality is the main tool used by
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Sherlock Holmes is a very strange man. He is a detective who can solve a mystery without even seeing what seems to be like too much evidence. His ethics are very interesting. He believes that murder cases turn out to have very complex ways of happening. He does not believe in the solar system‚ which the narrator thought was very weird. His decision to join the case to help was a just decision‚ because without him the case wouldn’t have been solved correctly. Holmes seems to always stick with his
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