Brett Favre

The age of the anti-hero is upon us. Historically, the stories are only told about heroes—Captain America, Superman, etc.—but the anti-hero has been gaining more traction, more light, in popular culture and social media. Anti-heroes have begun to grace the screens of primetime television or earning their own series on Netflix. When looking into anti-heroes plenty come to mind: Daredevil, Walter White, Lestat to name a few. But what if a famous literature character who came back due to popular demand—the

The following extract from chapter three is an example of how the supernatural and the scientific are continuously contrasting in the novel: ‘In your opinion there is a diabolical agency which makes Dartmoor an unsafe abode for a Baskerville—that is your opinion?’ ‘At least I might go the length of saying that there is some evidence that this may be so.’

‘‘ Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They are both fruit, but taste completely different.’’ This quote by Stephen King shows that oranges are like the books and the apples are like the movies. Oranges are more succulent, just like books have a lot of detail. Apples are not as succulent, just like the movies made from books do not include all the details. In the movies The Great Mouse Detective and Sherlock Holmes, they both include specific details from the book The Greatest Adventures

¨‘You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.” this quote from A Scandal in Bohemia shows that some people do not observe, they just look at the obvious. All the clues and hint that are in the movies and stories that the villains have left , Watson just looks at everything around him unlike Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is able to identify who the culprit is throughout the short stories and the films that we watched in class. Both of these movies, Sherlock Holmes and The Great Mouse

We believe Queenie Volupedis staged an accident to cover up for her murder. We arrived at the Volupedis home at 1:30 AM to find Queenie standing with a shocked face in front of her dead husband lying at the bottom of the stairs, glass still in hand. Food was cooking on the stove when we arrived, and everything besides Queenie’s husband was still intact. Queenie reported Arthur slipped and fell down the stairs. The autopsy reported Arthur died from a head wound and had been intoxicated. To begin with

There are a string of dynamic duos that fight crime throughout history, from Batman and Robin to Starsky and Hutch, and somewhere along the list is the pairing of Sherlock Holmes and Watson and there is no doubt that this pairing is an interesting one. They seem like such opposites but that is a big factor in why they work so well together. It works because it embodies the old time saying: “opposites attract”. Sherlock is this detective genius that does not feel things or really understand the people

Barrymore tells Watson he knows why Sir Charles was in his driveway so late at night, despite his fear of the moors and the Hound. He got a letter signed "L.L." from a woman asking to meet him at that precise spot. Doctor Mortimer tells Watson there's a woman named Laura Lyons living nearby in Coombe Tracey. Watson visits Laura Lyons, and while she finally admits to writing the note, she swears she never went to meet Sir Charles that fateful night. Then Mr. Frankland tells Watson he's seen a boy

Agatha was sitting in Queen Vera's parlor trying not to appear apprehensive. She noticed the wonderfully, exquisite, porcelain china that was strategically placed on the table, and Agatha felt as if the single movement of an elbow or a foot might knock something out of place. While awaiting her interview with the queen for the position of princess, Agatha studied the many fantastic embellishments of the room. She had decided, having sat in the parlor for quite some time, that she fancied the d

Harry Bastable Mrs.Hiles 3/5/16 Period 1 Sherlock Is innocent Sherlock Holmes was not guilty for the accidental death of Dr.Roylott for a mutinous of reasons. He was defending his own life, he could not have possibly known exactly where Dr.Roylott was, and lastly, Dr.Roylott knew the severities of owning a vicious, lethal swamp adder; he should have been more careful. Sherlock had to act swiftly in order to save his own life from a threatening serpent; he

Artists interact with the events and issues of their time and place and this is shown with Australian artist Brett Whiteley’s artwork series called “the Christie series”. Some of Whiteley’s artworks include “Head of Christie”, “Christie and Hectoria McLennan”, “10 Rillington Place” and “Christie and Kathleen Maloney”. Brett Whiteley is an Australian artist paints his artworks in an abstract way. He was born on the 7th of April 1939 and he died on the 15 June 1992.Whiteley was a passionate artist