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Unbelievable flaws Holmes is a very complex and moody character who, although of strict habit, is considerably messy. Holmes appears to undergo periods of obsession and depression, the latter of which are accompanied by violin playing, and cocaine use. All of Conan Doyle’s stories are told from Watson’s first-person perspective, and yet, Holmes flaws are not criticized but glamourized. While Holmes is a clever and observant man, his flaws are very clear to people around him. Holmes takes considerable

Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes is one of the most easily recognizable characters in detective stories. He has many remarkable traits that other fictional detectives do not. Some examples of this are his observational abilities, his dual personality, and his being a skilled musician and composer. The first example of Holmes’ exquisite trademarks is his ability to see things that other people cannot. He uses his powers of observation to solve cases. For example, in “The Red-Headed League” Holmes notes that

Sherlock Holmes is known as the World’s Greatest Detective; however, Irene Alder may just be the only person, male or female, that has ever defeated Holmes’ thinking machine of a brain. In his short story, “A Scandal in Bohemia,” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle challenges traditional social perceptions and gender assumptions toward British women in the 1890’s by creating tension with his characterization of female antagonist, Irene Alder, as a powerful intellectual equal to male protagonist, Sherlock Holmes. Irene

Assumptions can be made that many “guesses” will be made throughout the book . “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. Where do you think I have been?” • Holmes addresses Watson by asking a rhetorical question. When he gets back from his club, the detectives gives some advice. Holmes says that some answers are right in front of you and tries to build Watson as a detective. “Just tell me what it all means,Watson and I’ll owe you more than ever I can hope to pay.” •

Sherlock Holmes say his life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace or ordinary life. Sherlock Holmes does not live a commonplace or ordinary life because in the text it reads that Sherlock Holmes finds a clue. Sherlock Holmes sees that the man with the trousers that is was torn up from where the knee are. Sherlock Holmes knows that is a sign of a man that had been digging a tunnel from one place to another. Also another example from the text is that once Sherlock Holmes and the

Sherlock Holmes was a famous English detective. He had a reputation of accepting only unusual and mysterious cases. When Helen Stoner contacted him, he was intrigued. Helen contacted Holmes because her twin sister mysteriously died several years before. Helen does not trust her stepfather, Dr. Roylott, and is fearful for her own life. She hired Holmes to figure out what happened to her sister. While working this case, Holmes came to the conclusion that "doctors make the greatest criminals." I

The Relationship Between Holmes and Watson Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson have been seen as the ultimate partners for as long as they have been in print. Their relationship is far deeper than anything that meets the eye; they mean more to each other than just a business partner or friend. Some have seen their relationship as anything from that of best friends, to homosexual lovers, or to heterosexual lovers as seen between a male Holmes and a female Watson. Whether these statements can be proven

A Study in Scarlet is a murder mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1886. The novel launched two iconic characters into the literary world, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson that would come to be known and loved by many generations. Sherlock Holmes is a very strange man. He is a detective who can solve a mystery a trace of evidence although he believes that murder cases turn out to have very complex ways of happening. He does not believe in the solar system because he

A detail is defined as an individual feature, fact, or item, in The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson have to use details to investigate the curse of the Baskervilles. Detectives Sherlock Holmes and Watson have an amazing attention to detail, however, sometimes they struggle with what is important; Holmes and Watson have to decide what is pertinent information, keep their minds on track, and be able to do both of those in order to solve the Baskerville

In all stories there are characters that make it worthwhile. Sherlock Holmes is a witty, yet arrogant young man. He solves crime in a short amount of time, with the help of his partner Dr. Watson. He boasts about his intelligence and acts like he is better than most people. Dr.Watson on the other hand is a feeble and polite man. He was a military doctor, who got injured, and is usually uplifting Sherlock. These two characters are very different, but share many of the same qualities like being unsociable