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    Although Conan Doyle brilliantly articulates the differences among various villains in the canon, there is a common thread with quite a few of the antagonists: they are foreign. Foreign races, foreign cultures, foreign religions. This may just be a coincidence, but it is very possible that Conan Doyle subconsciously chose these characters in order to dehumanize them and make it easier for the readers to hate the villains that he created. Three notable examples of this foreign phenomenon are Tonga

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    According to the English crime writer P.D. James (1920-) “for a book to be described as detective fiction there must be a central mystery and one that by the end of the book is solved satisfactorily and logically, not by good luck or intuition, but by intelligent deduction from clues honestly if deceptively presented.” (James. 2009: 16). This is traditionally conducted via a detective; a figure deployed within the narrative structure ‘whose occupation is to investigate crimes’ (Oxford. 2006: 202)

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    many novels authors use the methods of characterization to describe the characters in their book. In The Hound of the Baskervilles the Author Arthur Conan Doyle develops by using three of the methods of characterization first he gives Jack Stapleton by giving him a physical description, next he uses the methods of thoughts and dialogue. Lastly the Doyle uses the methods of action or incident to analyze how Jack reacted to the incident. In the book the the narrator, Mr. Watson, gives a physical description

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    Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote novels, short stories, poems and autobiographical works. In 1890, his novel, A Study in Scarlet, introduced the character of Detective Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur would go on to write 60 stories about Sherlock Holmes. He also strove to spread his spiritualism and faith through a series of books that were written from 1918 to 1926. Doyle had many struggles in his life, but became a better person through all the hard times. His struggles show how much

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    Source Did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle plagiarize Edgar Allan Poe? This idea has been contested for over a century and has come to a consensus that Doyle did indeed base Sherlock Holmes off of Poe’s character known as C. Auguste Dupin. In Stephen Bertman’s, “Kindred Crimes: Poe’s “ The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and Doyle’s The Sign of Four”, he looks deeper into the debate by comparing Doyle’s The Sign of Four to Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, and analyzing whether Doyle plagiarized Poe’s plot

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    Arthur Conan Doyle chooses Watson instead of Holmes, because Watson is more of a person someone can relate to, and Holmes is very arrogant and eccentric. Even though Watson is not as skilled at solving crimes as Holmes is, without Watson, Sherlock Holmes would not be who he is as a character. Holmes has a lot of admiration because of his name but many individuals cannot relate to him because of his arrogance, nonetheless when you are reading, Watson is the character we can relate to more. If Sherlock

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    To start with Arthur Conan Doyle born May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland to a prosperous, strict Irish-Catholic family. His parents, Charles Lamont Doyle and Mary Elizabeth Foley Doyle, Charles and Mary married in1855. Furthermore, Doyle's family was of the Roman Catholic faith. Born into an immense family of seven sisters and one brother, however, some of his siblings did not live to adulthood. While growing up, Doyle's childhood was atrocious, of course, there were some superb moments in his

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    time, the contradiction between good and evil has been present in all stages of life. Everybody is capable of having good and evil in their lives, is just a great part of what defines a human being. In the books of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, there are many villainous characters that are constantly forcing this detective to go out of his way and offer a more honorable sense of justice. Specifically, Professor Moriarty, as is known as the most mysterious, popular and clever of all the

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    and set their own standard for these works of literature. In The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Doyle employs juxtaposed settings, descriptive imagery, and the symbolism that each convey to establish an immense attention to detail which maximizes the effectiveness of his writing in the genre of detection in this classic Sherlock Holmes story. Throughout the novel, Doyle sets up an immense contrast between the settings of the story which acts as a guide to clearly distinguish

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    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

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