Should Holmesians Be Real Fans Of Sherlock Holmes?

Sherlock Holmes is a work of art, he cannot be copied. Holmes is always very serious as he needs to get his job done. In The Hound Of the Baskervilles, Holmes interrogates Dr. Mortimer, one of his clients, “And you, a trained man of science believe it to be supernatural?” (Doyle 31). Also, Holmes is very deliberate in the way he thinks. He is able to see a small detail and process it into his method almost immediately. Lastly, Holmes is always a detective and is certain he will

“Holmes was charming and gracious, but something about him made Belknap uneasy. He could not have defined it. Indeed, for the next several decades alienists and their successors would find themselves hard-pressed to describe with any precision what it was about men like Holmes that could cause them to seem warm and ingratiating but also telegraph the vague sense that some important element of humanness was missing.” (pg 23) There are two levels of power, emotional and physical power. Holmes was the kind of man who had learned to master both. He was stunningly handsome, and emotionally manipulative, a poison for anyone who could get close to him. In this quote, it shows just how addictive Holmes was to the people around him. He’s like candy. After you’ve had a piece or two, deep down you know it’s not good for you, but the feelings it gives you trump all doubt you have. A deadly mix of youthful exhilaration and feelings of lust, and the combined fact that the man they want so badly is a cold serial

Throughout the book, the stark contrasts of good and evil are felt in virtually every way, from the white city and the dark city, from the beginning to the end, but perhaps nothing captures this theme more than the two main characters, Holmes and Burnham. Burnham uses his artistic passion to fuel his ambition, focusing on furthering American ingenuity and simply creating beautiful buildings. Holmes, on the other hand, uses his murderous passion to end the lives of innocent, ambitious, young women even claiming it as an art form. The depravity of Holmes cannot be questioned. Towards the end of his life, he even states, “I believe fully that I am growing to resemble the devil-that the similitude is almost complete” (385). Whether Holmes really

Let us begin with Holmes. Holmes lived in Chicago and owned a pharmacy. He had medical training and loved money and women (Larson 36-37). He was able to smooth talk and gave people a sense of happiness. Holmes could convince people of anything, which he used as a way to sell stories as to why the people he killed had just disappeared. He also used this in constructing his building/hotel. He barely paid a dime because he convinced workers that their job was unsatisfactory (Larson 67). The furniture companies would come looking for H. S. Campbell, the alias he used as the owner of the building, and he would tell them he was out on business (Larson 71-72). A man named Belknap, the uncle of one of Holmes’s three wives, described him as “warm and ingratiating, but also telegraph that some important element of humanness is missing”. For a long time this was known as “moral insanity” and later the term psychopath was used (Larson 87-88). Holmes himself was intrigued by Jack the Ripper (Larson 70).

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

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson have been seen as the ultimate partners for as long as they have been in print. Their relationship is far deeper than anything that meets the eye; they mean more to each other than just a business partner or friend. Some have seen their relationship as anything from that of best friends, to homosexual lovers, or to heterosexual lovers as seen between a male Holmes and a female Watson. Whether these statements can be proven or not remains a facet controlled by the reader, but several other useful implications can be drawn from their relationship.

“I was born with the devil in me. I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing..” - Herman Webster Mudgett as known as H.H Holmes. It’s safe to say Dr. Mudgett was a bad guy. Either way, he has an interesting story.

One of the things that made the Sherlock Holmes stories so unique when it came out were the fans. The original Sherlock Holmes fans are now widely considered to be the world’s first fandom (Brown). Self dubbed the Baker Street Irregulars after the group of street children Holmes employed in the original canon (although more recently rebranded as “sherlockians”) fans of the series have always

As the character of Sherlock Holmes is portrayed in such a way that technology doesn’t change his way of thinking or his way of solving mysteries, but it does affect how he is portrayed to the public eye.

Conan Doyle has passed with flying colours whatever test is needed to guarantee an eternal, imperishable place in British cultural life. It may be that Harry Potter won't last a century (I am sure he will, but you can't always tell) but it is more certain than anything else in all literature that Sherlock Holmes will last, not just centuries, but for millennia. There is simply no other fictional character in the world who has endured so long and who stands for so much. As we have seen so spectacularly and successfully just in the past year and a half, Sherlock can be reinvented for every age. What would generations yet unborn think of us if we allowed the home of Holmes's creator to fall into decay and disrepair? What would they think of us

Detective fiction is a relatively young genre of literature: “The idea that crime … provided entertainment was only born in the first decades of the nineteenth century, but it would bloom into one of the greatest mass-media interests of all time” (Worsley 17, italics in the original). In spite of its youthfulness, this genre has already developed its own rules and regulations/conventions, as well as established its own canon.

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most recognizable characters of all-time. He has been written, he has been portrayed in movies and television shows. He continues to change in society. As the people in American society continue to become desensitized to violence, continue to crave gore, Sherlock Holmes has continually changed to meet the ever changing demands made by society over the content they consume on a daily basis.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle utilizes many detail-oriented literary elements to develop the many adventures of the famous fictional British detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner, John Watson. Long winded description and complex vocabulary are infused into Doyle’s writing to accentuate Holmes’s great intelligence. By incorporating such a heavy, educated tone upon the mysteries, the tales of Sherlock Holmes are expressed as very complicated stories that challenge readers in comprehension as well as encourage curiosity through puzzling cases.

The Hound of the Baskervilles has been made into fourteen different movies, each containing different elements that make it unique in its own way. The subjects being discussed today are David Atwood’s version of the movie and the original book written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. According to 179 people on a poll on one of the popular sites for ‘Sherlockians’ around the world, Hound of the Baskervilles is the best Sherlock Holmes novel written (http://www.bestofsherlock.com/story/storyhm.htm ). The book got a rating of Although they bear some superficial similarities, the differences between the movie and the book are pronounced and deserve thorough examination through the characters, the tone, and the changes in the plot. This will show which is a better story, the new visual representation of the book we all know and love, or the original copy of one of the most read Sherlock Holmes story.

As a pair of classic companion, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson have gone beyond time and space. Notably, in the last few adaptations of Conan Doyle, actors and actress establish a new look for the traditional version in response to the modern society in 21st century. These new versions of Sherlock Holmes have driven its popularity again, and not only among pre-existing fans, but also new audiences who may not read Doyle’s novels or watch its films before. In the film adapted, Guy Ritchie’s two directed works of Sherlock Holmes are noticeable for changing the image of Holmes and Watson into a bohemian, reckless and action style. The first movie, Sherlock Holmes (2009), is about the companion investigating resurrected Lord Blackwood and his