Character Analysis Of Arthur Conan Doyle

Manipulation can serve as a very impressive social tool in order to bend someone's will to fulfill your agenda and trick them into carrying out a specific action. To manipulate is to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner. This is prevalent in the tragic play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Macbeth, an ambitious general, is manipulated by both his wife and three witches to commit heinous crimes. The witches manipulate Macbeth by using his faith in the supernatural to force him to carry out certain actions. As well, they present him with deceiving prophecies to give him false confidence. Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth by questioning his manhood

In William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth", manipulation is a very effective device. The main character Macbeth is a puppet controlled by the words coming from the three witches and Lady Macbeth. The four troublemakers provide Macbeth with the motivation and confidence he needs to kill Duncan and perform other dark actions. Macbeth is very ambitious; there’s no doubt about this. However, there is no sign of him changing from a loyal man to a power hungry man. That is until outside influences begin to interfere with his life. The people with the greatest impact on Macbeth are his wife, Lady Macbeth and the witches. However, he then learns to manipulate others himself. In the end, all the treachery is revealed and he realizes

Multiple characters use the act of manipulation to save their reputation in a small town. Hathorne accuses Elizabeth of being a witch, because it seems as though she has a voodoo doll inside of her home. When Elizabeth claims that she hasn’t had poppets since she was a kid, Hathorne manipulates the situation by asking her, “But a poppet will keep fifteen years, will it not?” (Miller III. 839-840). Hathorn is trying to say that Elizabeth could have had the poppet since she was a kid. He is manipulating the trial so that she gets accused of being a witch, to save his own reputation. In addition to Hathorne, the next character who uses manipulation to save their reputation is Abigail. When the accusation is brought to the court that Abigail has had intercourse with the married John Proctor, Abigail screams at the court saying that she doesn’t deserve having these accusations about her. Abigail cries to the judge “I have been near to murdered everyday because I done my duty pointing out the devil’s people- and this is my reward?”(Miller III. 1018-1021). Abigail is manipulating the situation by taking the attention off of the actions she is accused of, and turning the attention to the good deeds

Throughout Ken Kesey's novel, “One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest,” the use of manipulation is a re-occurring motif. Manipulation is defined as 'shrewd of devious management. Manipulation is put into context by how the character's use it. The first character to master it is the antagonist Nurse Ratchet. She uses it to manipulate patients to manage her mechanically structured ward. The other character is the (antagonist, protagonist?) patient McMurphy. He on the other hand manipulates people to help them grow or gain money. These two characters also go head to head with the power of deceptive manipulation as their weapons.

“Never argue with someone who believes their own lies” - Unknown. Manipulative people tell lies to change the outcome of the situation in their favor. It is very difficult to persuade or get through to a manipulator since they believe their lies as truths. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, takes place in Salem, Massachusetts which is home to the Puritan religion and the Salem witch trials. People were punished and hanged if you are believed to be practicing witchcraft. There are many people that are accused and get punishment in return unless they confess. If the accused confess they will have repent their sins and embrace god and heaven. Abigail uses manipulation to get herself out of being accused of witchcraft. Arthur Miller, who wrote The Crucible, uses Abigail to show manipulation and how a person might continuously lie so they can get what they want and avoid getting in trouble.

An example of this could be when I was trying to get my friend to spend the night. I used manipulative tactics, as I told them how much I had missed them and how lonely I had been without them. Furthermore, I attempted to make them fearful to drive home as it was already late. At the time, I was aware that I was making this person feel guilty for wanting to go home. However, at the time it was very important to me that they stayed the night, as I had not seen them in a long time. So, while I was aware that I was being manipulative, I did not change how I persuaded them. In the future, this can easily be avoided by respecting when my friend wants to leave. However, on a grander scale, when I am using pathos I should avoid personally targeting the person and instead use pathos to enhance the message. If I am solely targeting the listener to exploit whatever I know they may fear or feel guilty for, it is clearly unethical

For example, in the book Abigail says to John Proctor, “You love me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet.”,page 22, this is manipulative and she’s messing with his

Sherlock Holmes, by nature, is quite bold and he is willing to face any challenges in the way of justice. In “A Scandal in Bohemia” he throws himself into a mob to get the attention of Irene. He usually confronts violent murderers and people with better physical structures, for example: Dr Roylott from “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”, intrepidly. In fact, Sherlock possesses above average physical strength and he once unbent the half bent fire poker with sudden effort in “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”. As Dr Watson mentions during the conversations in “The Five Orange Pips”, he is a boxer and swordsman. Moreover, in “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”, Sherlock fought off the deadly snake with a cane, showing he is a versatile combat expert.

Sherlock Holmes’s intelligence is demonstrated in both “The Red-Headed League” and “A Scandal in Bohemia”. During “A Scandal in Bohemia” he first demonstrates his intuitive thinking by figuring out that Count Kramm, the man introducing him on the case, is actually the King of Bohemia himself. This shows that he is able to make a quick determination about people’s lives just by having a brief conversation with them. This allows Holmes to solve mysteries that others cannot by simply looking at a suspect or location associated with the scenario. He uses this ability later in the story to find where the incriminating photo of the king with Adler is. He does this by creating a situation for himself where he will be able to get into Adler’s home. He then fakes a fire to see where Adler goes first so he can see where she keeps her most valuable possession, the photo. Holmes states “When a woman thinks that her house is on fire, her instinct is at once to rush to the thing which she values the most… Now it was clear to me that our lady of to-day had nothing in the house more precious to her then what we are questing for” (Doyle 19). This line of thinking shows that Holmes knows how to get people to inadvertently give him the information that he needs by putting them in the right situation and observing what they do. This skill

Sherlock was persistent, while Dr. Roylott was aggressive; this created many conflicts between them. These conflicts create a reason for Holmes to become more interested. Not only are there conflicts between Sherlock and Dr. Roylott there are many other conflicts that include Dr. Roylott. For example, Helen versus Dr. Roylott, Sherlock versus Dr. Roylott, plus, Dr. Roylott versus society. In the beginning of the story, there is a set mood and tone. The mood is anxious, whereas the tone is serious. Holmes was an attentive detective making him always extremely curious.

The poem The Canterbury Tales illustrates how one can see how the Friar is a manipulative clergyman by the way he talks to the towns people, his reputation with the towns people, and his actions towards the towns people. The Friar puts on a façade of a poor holy man. Through his façade he can convince the towns people to give him money, which aids his income. The traits that the Friar has contributes to him being a manipulative

This excerpt alone can describe the relationship between the detective and his partner, separating Holmes from Watson by interpreting how he observes and infers upon the scene of the crime versus Watson, who is intelligent nonetheless but not as keen as Holmes in identifying such specific details. In terms of this discussion, it can be assumed that Doyle may have intended to use this dialogue to play out the scene in a dynamic way to show the difference between the two. Here, Holmes carries most of the conversation while Watson listens and struggles to follow Holmes’s complicated thinking. Another factor to consider is how Holmes asks Watson many rhetorical questions. This aspect of their interactions compares their sense of understanding as well, suggesting that Holmes has a habit of asking these questions to explain his observations to Watson.

Coulson, 2004). Sherlock is a part of the upper class while Watson is seen as a middle class citizen while he is respected but he isn't on the same level as Holmes. He is also respected for his work as a doctor and is known for being hard working. Sherlock is portrayed as a troubled but brilliant detective who is often troubled and socially awkward with people. He also deals with psychological noise with the fact that he sees everything he call it both a gift and a curse at the same time. Holmes and Watson both have different degrees of perceived self and presenting self. In Watson case his is more concerned with his presenting self than Sherlock is (C. M. Shaw& R. Edwards, 1997).

Sherlock Holmes is a character created by British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock is a legendary detective who solves even the most baffling and meticulously puzzled cases with astute observation, abductive reasoning and with little to no people skills. As a "consulting detective," he favors reason and logic above all else and rarely makes personal attachments beyond those that benefit him. He calls himself a "high functioning sociopath" because he does not make any acquaintance or understand emotions very well, beyond what can be studied.

Manipulation is getting what you want by ignoring or harming the desires of others. Manipulators use charm, persuasion, coaxing, trickery, and misdirection. The underlying idea is "I have to fool people to make them give me what I want." We can catch ourselves falling into this behavior when you aren 't listening to other people, when you ignore what they want and when you pretend that your desires cost nobody else a price. There are also