The Misinterpretation Of Arthur Conan Doyle

The Thomas Crown Affair is a film depicting a very rich man, named Thomas Crown, who struggles with creating meaningful relationships but yet is widely known, and finds entertainment through stealing famous paintings from a museum. Throughout the film the audience creates a relationship with the character, Thomas Crown, and his likeable, playful attitude that soon enough has the viewer siding with him, the criminal, instead of the police enforcement trying to catch him. By closely looking at a scene between Thomas Crown and Detective Catherine Banning, it is possible to analyze both the dialogue and cinematography used for the viewer to understand Crown’s viewpoint, as well as where Banning’s attitude may play in later. By understanding the attitude’s of both Crown and Banning in the film, I believe it can

Furthermore, Sherlock Holmes is seen to deliver justice, further alleviating society’s fear of the unknown, providing comfort with response and reassurance. After his acceptance of Mr Hilton Cubitt’s case, Sherlock proceeds to gather evidence and decode the language of the dancing men, a skill that allows him to later lure and deliver the perpetrator of the crime. Following this, the inspector is able to arrest Abe Slaney and deliver justice to the crime, possible through Sherlock’s deductions. Justice is further achieved as accusations against the innocent Elsie subside, accredited to Sherlock as he states, “it was only my presence here and the knowledge which I happened to possess which has saved her from the accusation” (Doyle 46). The

“…and to listen with a mocking smile to the general chorus of misplaced congratulation.”(The adventure of the Devils foot)

Elementary an American crime drama mainly filmed in New York is a contemporary version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes that is currently on its fourth season. Elementary stars Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson. Holmes is depicted as a recovering drug addict and assist the New York City Police Department in solving crimes. Prior to arriving in New York, Holmes was a consultant in Scotland Yard. Dr. Joan Watson, a former surgeon, turned sober companion was hired by Sherlock's father to help him through rehabilitation.

Doyle's A Scandal in Bohemia follows the story of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes on his adventures to retrieve a disgraceful photograph of Irene Adler and the King of Bohemia. The king, now engaged to a different woman, is fearful that Adler may use the photo as blackmail. In A Scandal in Bohemia, the apparent role of women is minuscule. The only female emphasis is on one woman, who is the object of Holmes' detective inquiries. In A Scandal in Bohemia, society places women at a subordinate level, pushing them to the background and therefore never allowing the reader to fully understand their character.

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the creature experiences the harm of desiring knowledge. Although knowledge supposedly provides power and benefits the human mind, Victor Frankenstein’s creature understands his dreaded existence through the acquisition of knowledge and develops a sense of maliciousness and misery, proving that knowledge can be harmful.

In Conan Doyle’s short story “A Scandal in Bohemia” (1888), Sherlock Holmes can tell that the stranger possess great wealth before he speaks a single word. Sherlock Holmes analyzes everything when it comes to people. He uses their appearance, how they carry themselves, and what kind of objects they have on them. The author uses descriptive words to describe the way the stranger looked. This essay will prove that Sherlock Holmes is so observant of everyone, that he can tell who you are before speaking to you.

In the Sherlock Holmes stories “The Red-Headed League” and “A Scandal in Bohemia” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle explores mysteries through the eyes of Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes’s assistant. Holmes is able to amaze the people around him with his deductive abilities and can quickly determine aspects of a person’s life by just looking at them. This allows him to solve mysteries that others cannot wrap their heads around. He uses his skill to first help the King of Bohemia recover a picture of him with a former lover. Next, he investigates the disappearance of the Red-Headed League. In both of these mysteries he experiences a unique challenge due to the intelligence of his opponents and the unusual situation surrounding the case. The cunning and cleverness of Holmes, Irene Adler and the conspirators of the Red-Headed League are shown in the stories “The Red-Headed League” and “A Scandal in Bohemia”.

In “A Scandal in Bohemia” by Arthur Conan Doyle, social classes took a big influence on who avoided punishments. Irene Adler, a strong and intelligent women accused Sherlock Holmes and the King of Bohemia with serious charges. Sherlock Holmes is a man who loathes being apart of society and keeps to himself. He is a detective well known with intelligent skills. The King of Bohemia is Holmes client, and former lover of Irene Adler. In attempt to recover a photograph that is crucial to the king of bohemias reputation, Sherlock Holmes as well as the King of bohemia are both charged with stalking and attempted robbery. In addition to this, further investigations take action and deduce charges of possession and the use of drugs against Sherlock Holmes, as well as plotting to throw a smoke bomb through Irene Adler’s window. As for the King of Bohemia, he is also charged with treason.

James W. Maertens, in, Between Jules Verne and Walt Disney: Brains, Brawn, and Masculine Desire in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, provides an analysis of the social dynamics within 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and relates these themes to the techno-cultural revolution at the time. It should be noted that comparative analysis between the text and film drives several sections of Maerten 's analysis. That said, the majority of Maertens analysis is applicable to the text first, and then branched to the film where applicable. For the purpose of my argument I have chosen to omit the film’s analysis, to constrain the scope of my argument.

While the men in the story where playing Sherlock Holmes looking for evidence that Mrs. Wright killed her husband, they missed the bad fruit and the bread left out of the bow, a quilt that was not finished and had a few bad stiches, an unclean table and a birdcage that was empty. They were so determined to find specific clues of the murder, that they missed the clues of the emotional abuse that Mrs. Wright was subjected to from her husband. They were also so busy criticizing everything that Mrs. Wright did or did not do, that they missed everything that was right in front of their eyes. They even slipped with some sexist remarks Mr. Hale says ‘Well, women are used to worrying over trifles’, not realizing that the women were in the room.

Certain actions seem innocent from one side or sinister from another. Holmes uses these devices to confuse his colleagues and audience, a magic trick, directing attention away from the real act. Good and evil. The illusion of purity and light shadow the dark ominous truth. For instance, Holmes befriends policeman, by offering food, company, and a cigar, to gain trust and appear considerate(Larson 85).

Jack Farrell fakes his death by killing a man, messing up his body and having tattoos drawn onto the corpses legs and body to match his own. He left his clothes and a suicide note with his signature at one end of the English channel and left the corpses washed up 100km down the channel a week later. This Red Herring was very successful, as during the story the main character, Andy, ID the body and came to the conclusion that it was in fact Farrell’s body. It appeared to be the end of that as they explained how Jack sold out his ‘legitimate’ business to leave money for his wife and killed himself because he could not handle his daughters death. As the story moved on we believed that there was a secret killer, eliminating the competition

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

“In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.” Eleanor Roosevelt. The bonds that people share are truly one of spectacular things about people. We are born into families, choose our friends, and work with peers in a job situation. These bonds we build shape the people we are and create who we are as people. This idea has been proven in several ways especially in modern entertainment. The shows, movies and books given to the public are laced with stories of the bonds between people. This can been clearly seen in all of the versions of Sherlock Homes that have published throughout the years. In the original novella written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had who will establish characters but he gave them a very strange relationship. Through much deliberation it seems the best way to describe Sherlock and Watson's relationship is calling friendship, but throughout out all of its adaptations screenwriters have adapted their relationship various ways. Due to the well designed characters Sherlock and Homes are able to fit many different times of relationship. These characters fit these molds so well because, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle established two incricatedly crafted characters named Sherlock Holmes and John Watson; his iconic characters have been recreated throughout time with different interpretations making them still relevant today.