The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

Doyle’s also hits some scandalous not so common ideas in his stories making them risky of the times. In “Adventure III. A case if identity” the story wraps around a couple trying to maintain the class they are accustomed too. Holmes and Watson are visited by a younger lady. Mary Sutherland is saddened by the loss of her love. Being abandoned at the altar with left only with a typed letter from her lover. Searching for answers, she seeks out our heroes for help. The dynamic duo is given the details and the case is quickly. It was determined love story was just a plot for money. Common scenario of not wanting to lose wealth acquired. The widowed Mrs. Southerland becomes Mrs. Windibank acquiring a much younger husband, A Mr. James Windibank. Together they enjoy an inheritance that belongs to Miss Mary Southerland. Mrs. Southerland’s daughter from prior marriage. All living comfortably from it. Mother and step father fear to lose it if she weds. So, in a thick plot of treachery her mother and step father con her into 10 more years of being single Creating an alter persona and tricked Mary into wooing her own step Father. The story states, “He enjoyed the use of the money”. Showing

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.

The first example of Holmes’ exquisite trademarks is his ability to see things that other people cannot. He uses his powers of observation to solve cases. For example, in “The Red-Headed League” Holmes notes that Mr. Jabez Wilson “has at some time done manual labor… that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China…” To explain his reasoning, he says “Your right hand is quite a size larger than your left… the muscles are more developed… rather against the strict rules of your order, you use an arc-and-compass breastpin…the fish that you have tattooed immediately above your right wrist could only have been done in China.” The fact that these observations are so obvious to Holmes, whilst being unnoticed by Watson and Wilson, make his observational skills something that stands out from other fictional detectives of the time. He uses these skills throughout his cases to his advantage with great success.

Watson tells his partner, Henry Thompson, that he escaped prosecution because ''I had a good reputation with the merchants, quiet church-going man who paid his bills, and so the local papers took my side...No decent American is going to believe that a man who pays his bills is a common criminal, no matter what!'' This shows a theme that was common around those times and can still be seen today in modern civilization.

When H.H. Holmes arrives in Chicago, he looks like any other ambitious young doctor braving the journey to the Windy City to start a new life. “He walked with confidence and dressed well, conjuring an impression of wealth and achievement. He was twenty-six years old… He had dark hair and striking blue eyes, once likened to the eyes of a Mesmerist,” describes the author. Larson cites a physician, John L. Capen, “‘Great murderers, like great men in other walks of activity, have blue eyes’” (35). In including this citation, Larson clues the reader in on Holmes’ true nature in addition to eliciting a feeling of unease through his diction. With this first impression, the reader is already wary of Holmes and his actions. Larson further solidifies this distrust with the following passages. “The city had impressed [Holmes], he said later, which was surprising because as a rule nothing impressed him, nothing moved him. Events and people captured his attention the way moving objects caught the notice of an amphibian: first a machinelike registration of proximity, next to calculation of worth, and last is a decision to act or remain motionless.” (37) With this quotation, Larson explains how Holmes chose

“They tend to share certain key characteristics. They're manipulative, cold, and lack what we might call a moral compass--they know right from wrong but are not invested in that distinction. Their only concern with their ‘wrong’ behavior is getting caught, but because they are deceitful, callous and not subject to anxiety, they easily elude capture” (Spikol, 5). These sort of criminals were ones that the Chicago Police Department had never been introduced to before, causing them to change their entire perspective on cases once Holmes’ had passed. According to John Bartlow Martin, a writer for the “Harper’s Archive”, Holmes’ murder castle was filled with trapdoors, gas chambers, secret passageways, and even pits of acid used to get rid of bodies and other pieces of evidence. These were all things that the law enforcers had never even heard of in a story, much less seen or thought of in real life. It’s safe to say that Holmes drastically affected the police’s outlook on the cases in the near, and even far, future of criminals after his mystery; or at least part of his mystery had been

The basis of detective fictions is a well-developed and observant character that is able to walk the audience and outside perspectives through the case. In this case, Arthur Conan-Doyle utilizes the observant perspective of Watson to describe the actions of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle characterizes Sherlock through underscoring vocabulary and the first person understanding of Watson. A series of analytical language and descriptive literary devices such as juxtaposition to portray the effects of Irene Adler on the near-perfect character of Sherlock Holmes.

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

Holmes had everything he could ever want, which was great for him of course. His childhood was very privileged, and he enjoyed it. People told his family that he was a very intelligent kid for his age. Holmes was treated well. As he grew up, he got interested in the art of medicine. He graduated from the University of Michigan. Holmes was married twice. Holmes was treated well there as well. He passed his exam to practice medicine. He was always treated well, he was smart. He was looked as an equal. This led Holmes to animal experiment and also used corpses as experimental subjects. Holmes also stole corpses and used them to make fake insurance claims. There were rumors that indicates that he was responsible for his friend’s death. That was the first rumored victim of Homes later on he got a job in a pharmacy. Which Holmes convinced the pharmacy wife’s owner to sell him the pharmacy due to his suppose claims that the owner had “passed away”, and it was rumored that he killed the owner of the pharmacy. Then one day the wife went missing, to which Holmes claimed that she had moved to California. But it’s

Holmes decides to convince Pitezel to take out a very large life insurance policy to scam an insurance company by staging Pitezel’s death and substituting another corpse in his place, which he assured Pitezel he would had no trouble getting ahold of. In all reality, this was Holmes’ way of getting out of the predicament he had put himself in by trusting someone too much. In November of 1893, Holmes and Pitezel leave Chicago to travel across the country and commit frauds along the way. In July of 1894, Holmes attempts to swindle another pharmacy in Saint Louis, Missouri, just as he had done when he first got to Chicago. This time, on the other hand, it does not work out for Holmes. Holmes, for the first time ever in his criminal career, he is behind bars. While in jail, he meets Marion Hedgepeth, whom he shared a jail cell with. Holmes shares the insurance swindle plan with Hedgepeth, who “gave Holmes the name of a twisted attorney that could put over an insurance swindle” (Hounded to death by ghosts of the castle he built, 1914, p. 19, col. 1-7). Holmes promises Hedgepeth five hundred dollars for the hook up with the attorney if the attorney can make the plan happen. Holmes ends up being bailed out of prison by his third wife, Georgianna Yoke, after Holmes told her false reasons why he was arrested in the first place. Once again, Holmes has received another lucky charm where he could have been in jail for much longer, and perhaps put away forever.

Sherlocks Holmes is presented with the case of The Red-Headed League. Mr. Jabez Wilson, a former member, comes to Holmes with a inquiry as to why his morning job has abruptly ended, where he was hired as an amanuensis to the Encyclopedia Britannica by those named The Red-Headed League. The League is an organization exclusively for men with naturally red hair, and the purpose of purely providing them with a nominal occupation and steady income. The organization was birthed out of the coincidental death of the wealthy man Ezekiah Hopkins who directed his will towards caring for those with the red hair without stating any disadvantages nor reasons as to why. Mr. Wilson met all the requirements in addition to being of natural color and used this

Holmes was sitting down at the table of the old coffee shop, the silence dragging on. He was waiting for friend, Watson, to arrive. Watson wanted to talk about something important. Holmes did not know what it was about, but he was extremely curious as to why Watson was making such a big deal about it.

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

The beginning of the story starts to form an opinion of each character through costumes and the set design. Mae in a black and white dress with white lace gloves is driving down a dirt road, contrasted with Walter in neutral color shirt and pants portrays opposite of the two characters. Mae’s flashy black and white represents her inward struggle of being a mother and finding a husband. She wants to be like Jackie O, with a carefree life; however, she has a son and no money. Walter’s neutral colors suggest dread and displeasure toward his mother’s unrealistic ideas. The choice of neutral colors helps depict the kid's desire to fade into the background and disappear.

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