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Watson's Relationship In Sherlock Holmes Humanity

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With the progressing of this series, however, instead of being a sober companion, she repositions herself as detective beginner, and absorbs related knowledge with positive attitude. Therefore, Holmes is grateful for her grows. In episode sixteen Details, he reply to Watson’s objections as a sober companion of him, he says: ‘I know that you lied to me several weeks ago when you said that my father had renewed your contract. I found out when I telephoned him last week. I am not angry. If anything, I am grateful. You saw that I was in a raw state, and you stayed to see me through it. But when I learned that that was a lie, however, I deliberately adopted a more sanguine mode. I wanted you to see that I was well again so that you could move on. But the most curious thing happened. You …show more content…

This advancement in this series reveals Watson’s influence on Holmes’ humanity. Nevertheless, she continues the lesser status of a disciple until the last episode, even though Holmes agrees and acknowledges with her help as a sober companion. His proposal indicates the relationship of a companion, who may imply an equivalent, while the words he uses to term their new relations, such as ‘teach you’, ‘be my assistant’, restates the position of tutor and student. Joan seems restrained and contemplative when Sherlock proposes to intensify this master-apprentice relationship. Moreover, while Holmes continues this proposal of discussion salary, and other financial deals, it repositions Watson as dependence of Holmes, instead of an independent individual. Yet, despite CBS apparently refigures Watson as a woman, the whole first season only remakes a surgeon into a nurse, although in an unusual setup, even transform a self-employed nurse into an employee. Therefore, Elementary does not interpret Watson as a greatly revolutionary female as the one in King’s

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