Is Sherlock Holmes A Good Man

The legendary fictional character Sherlock Holmes was constructed by a basis of a French criminal expert and a famous police investigator. He is known for his prowess in perception and analysis. On the other hand, Holmes sympathy towards people is near absent. Holmes loves to breakdown the story of each person he comes in contact with it. However, he does make a mistake occasionally. Although, there are many positive representations of Holmes, the Downey-Holmes is the best.

Logic Watson! Give me logic Miss Walden!" Not only was this man rude but he was also bossy; just what I needed in my life. At least his friend 'Watson' is nice enough. I wish they would really make up their minds, was it psychology they wanted or was it philosophy? Clearing my throat I spoke, "How about I get you a both, Sherlock if you don't mind telling me what you need this book for it would be a lot easier to help find you a logical selection." Sherlock seemed surprised to find someone complying so quickly after just denouncing a whole branch of science, one I found some truth in. "Well you see, I'm a consulting detective, the only one in fact, and John and I have a case regarding a man with what I believe to be 'Mommy issues' going around kidnapping single mothers. Please be quick about all of this, we need this information now!" Sherlock described. All the while he's describing this all the pieces are coming together for me, Sherlock, the curly hair, Watson, consulting detective: Sherlock Holmes the main all over the papers lately with that silly hate of

H.H. Holmes was a great example to future serial killers. An “expert” like this must have a knowledge of how to murder people and get away with it while, at the same time, get something out of it. Although he was a horrible person and admitted to murdering 27 people and was hung for his crimes, H.H. Holmes was a great example to future serial killers with his fake credibility, dishonest sources of income, manipulative personality, and ability to cover up crimes.

In Chapter One of the novel he says that Sherlock has an“extraordinary genius for minutiae.” Arthur uses the adjective extraordinary to show that Sherlock is like no other and is far above everyone with his perception. Another thing Watson admires about Sherlock is “His masterly manner.” The word masterly is used to show that in the eyes of Watson Sherlock is so much better than him; He is his master. Also Watson has loyalty and trust towards Sherlock as when he is wrong he almost instantly tries to apolpgize for his failure by saying “I should have had more faith in your marvellous faculty.” Watson is very devoted to Sherlock and may feel that he has to praise him just for him to be valuable to Sherlock. Watson will do anything he can to please Sherlock and most of the time is just plainly dismissed and this shows incredible amounts of loyalty and persistence. Arthur Conan Doyle uses the word faith to show how much Watson really wants Sherlock Holmes to appreciate him and he is doing everything in his power to please them. This makes their partnership so much more tragic as ultimately Watson knows that he will never be on the same level as Sherlock. Reallisticly though, Sherlock is very flawed and his sociopathic tendencies, inability to recognise emotion and no desire to love makes him more of a tragedy than a marvel. To summarize the character of the duo, Sherlock is a intelligent and perceptive dectective with one

Apart from his physical strength, Sherlock is also incomparable in mental strength. His intelligence is the key in his career and he possesses a vast knowledge too. He immediately recognizes the true identity the King of Bohemia in “A Scandal in Bohemia”, proving that he has knowledge in politics contrary to Dr Watson’s belief that Sherlock ignores politics. He shows that he also has knowledge in history by saying that he has heard of the Roylotts family in “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” and K.K.K in “The Five Orange Pips”. In addition, Sherlock is very proficient in

Doyle, constructs this hero as a character who is almost completely human, but still fictional. Unlike other heroic fictional characters while he is considered a ‘hero’ amongst many people, his ‘heroic’ deeds are what define his ‘good’ attributes, being his freakish intellectual abilities. However there is a counter-balance to this brilliance, and his own worst enemy is in fact, boredom. He is, at core, more than often concerned of the case itself, rather than the individuals’ involved. His human attributes also involve ‘imperfections’ within the typical hero genre, having dabbled in drugs. Despite this Berg argues that even though Sherlock’s existence has left a positive influence for many figures, and the idea of such a character has had a great impact on human

Sherlock Holmes is a well-known detective, deeply in which royalty has asked for his assistance in retrieving a photograph from Irene Adler. He is known for the excellence use of skills in solving crimes, of astute logical reasoning and of disguise. Holmes work has consistently involved

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 Holmes is considered to be one of the most popular fictional characters in literary history with many movies, plays, and books about him. First of let's take a look at Sherlock’s way of deduction or in other words solving mysteries. My first example was in The Hound of the Baskervilles

“My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation” (Sign of Four 6). Sherlock Holmes can not only solve the mysteries that are presented to him, but he can solve them with ease because of his reasoning skills. In particular, he mostly uses abductive reasoning, but sometimes he uses deductive and inductive reasoning. This also overlaps into mathematics, with proofs and inferences.

After watching two episodes of the series Sherlock, reading a short story, and reading one chapter of “The Scientific Method of the Mind”, I truly received a glimpse into the character of Sherlock Holmes. What really interested me was how unique Sherlock’s mind works. I honestly started to implement his thinking process into my life, because I saw that thinking about a situation from a different perspective like Sherlock can make a big difference. Another significant aspect of his life is that he is not able to connect with someone very easily because his thoughts are just different from others. This is significant because one day when he needs someone's help he will have trouble finding it. One revealing thing about Sherlock is that he trusts

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).

In all of Sherlock Holmes mysteries he uses observation and deductive reasoning to figure all of them out.

As quoted “Most people, if you describe a train of events to them, will tell you what the result would be. They can put those events together in their minds, and argue from them that something will come to pass. There are few people, however, who, if you told them a result, would be able to evolve from their own inner consciousness what the steps were which led up to that result.” Sherlock excelled at latter. He has a keen eye for finding a needle in haystack. This Quality of his merely human and it often appears as if he is a clairvoyant, I personally found that very intriguing. The Fact that his intelligence is glorified and depicted as of a superhuman distinct him and gives him that superiority complex which taps into our subconscious mind as deep down we all crave and desire

When someone mentions the occupation of detective, a single image usually comes to mind, a man wearing a cape and deerstalker, holding a magnifying glass and smoking a pipe. This entire image can be contributed to one character: Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is considered by many to be the greatest detective to ever exist, even if he only exists in the pages of books and on movie and television screens. It is impossible to escape the influence of Holmes. Countless references are made to him in all types of media and he is used as an inspiration to may more fictional characters we have all grown to love. The cultural impact of Sherlock Holmes has spread to more than just fiction; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s