The Personality of Sherlock Holmes Essay

“Good show, Watson!” John Watson, and his role model Sherlock Holmes are characters from Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous Sherlock Holmes Series. Young Sherlock Holmes is a movie that recreated the first time that Sherlock and Watson become friends. The characters in this movie, Young Sherlock Holmes, are that of many. Of course there was Sherlock Holmes himself and his apprentice John Watson, but also there was others. Including Sherlock’s love interest, Elizabeth Hardy; the professor, Professor…

stated that the TV series House and the Sherlock Holmes stories are both connected in several ways. I agree that House and Holmes have similar characteristics; both House and Holmes are experts in their professions, they are given cases to solve that are too difficult for other investigators (doctors) to resolve, both House and Holmes are quick on their feet, a mindset to come to rapid conclusions after the briefest examination of the circumstances. House and Holmes are similar in many different ways…

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was first originally written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle has written multiple books sharing the various adventures of Sherlock. Throughout the various adventures readers begin to gain a sense of the type of person Holmes is. Sherlock is a brilliant man that can solve almost any problem thrown his way, but lacks an emotional side, which makes him look like a jerk. Holmes coming off as a jerk gives him a bad reputation with some of the people he works with. Due…

Cultural Impact of Sherlock Holmes 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…

The classic mystery novel, Sherlock Holmes, features a murder-mystery detective Sherlock Holmes, and his army doctor colleague Dr. John Watson. The story revolves around the main character, Sherlock Holmes, and his unique method to solving crimes. The story is mainly all about Sherlock and his abilities, which then rises the question about the importance of the character of Dr.Watson, both to the chaarcter of Sherlock Holmes, and towards the readers. The first reason why Dr.Watson might be important…

The Speckled Band by Sherlock Holmes Detective stories first became popular in the Victorian era following the emergence of organized police forces in the 1830's. Fascination with the criminal heros accompanied a corresponding interest in the methodical uncovering of crime. Public hangings were frequent and Victorian people feared crime greatly. This meant that when the detective stories came about they felt the fictional character that cracked every case became the…

Sherlock Holmes: Logician or Theseologist? I propose to devote my declining years to the composition of a textbook which shal focus the whole art of detection into one volume. —Sherlock Holmes in The Adventure of the Abbey Grange He is a Logician A logician studies the way we ought to reason; she is interested in the distinction between corect reasoning and incorect reasoning. Although we al reason and are often interested in whether our reasoning is valid we are not a l logicians…

The Typical Detective Genre Portrayed in Sherlock Holmes' Literature The late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a phenomenally successful writer, not only in the Victorian era but is still popular today; his Sherlock Homes stories were perhaps his most successful, in which he combines realistic situations of murders and scandals with the improbable situation of such a successful detective. Victorian London was an exceptionally dangerous place to live. Prostitution, opium dens and murders were inescapable…

Baskervilles by Sherlock Holmes In the first chapter we see how intelligent Sherlock Holmes is, he shows his intelligence through his examination of Dr Mortimer's walking stick, it's as if Holmes is a sleuth. " I would suggest for example that a presentation to a doctor's more likely to come from a hospital than a hunt, and that when the entails C.C. are placed before that hospital the words Charing Cross very naturally suggests themselves." This shows that Holmes is observant…

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes As my first point I would like to comment on the use of Watson as a narrator. I think that the writer does this to show how clever Sherlock Holmes is compared to an ordinary person. We see this as Watson often gets confused and doesn't know what's going on, where as Holmes always seems to be in control. An example of this is in the story 'The Blue Carbuncle', before the mystery has even come to light, Sherlock Holmes deduces certain things…