John Watson

the 1960s, Doctor Who is the longest-running television show on BBC America. On the other hand, from Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”, comes a contemporary twist in the story and characters of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson. By looking at the outer portions of the shows, one can view them as polar opposites. However, both the British television shows share exceedingly similar qualities in their plot and characteristics of the main leads and their companions in the

"The game's afoot my dear Watson!" From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first brilliant series to BBC's modern day incarnation of the character, Sherlock Holmes has fascinated the world for centuries. Sherlock Holmes isn't a regular detective- he uses his amazing sense of deduction to "read" people. When Sherlock first meets Dr. John Watson, the first thing he asks is "Afghanistan or Iraq?" As Sherlock later explains, he had deduced by John’s military service by the tan on his wrist and the part in his

describes how Sherlock Holmes solves the mystery of Julia Stoner’s death. This story takes place in early April in 1883, at the residence of Stoke Moran, in London. Sherlock Holmes, a determined, observant detective is one of the main characters. Dr. John Watson, another main character, is a loyal, brave, and compassionate medical doctor. Helen Stoner is a wise, timid, and worrisome young woman. Lastly, Dr. Grimesby Roylott is a criminal who is aggressive, violent, and abusive. Helen and her sister Julia

other to see if their respective grit scores are accurate, or even relevant. John Watson and Tracy Greene sit down across from each other in their English 1010 class, getting ready to begin interviewing one another about grit, their respective grit scores, and what their scores reveal about them. Greene with his thin black wire framed glasses, casually gathers information with his eyes about his interviewer, while Watson undeniably did the same. Similar to most days, Greene has managed to stay in

"Sherlock, what do you think it is like?" Eight year old John Watson questioned his friend. Sherlock has no interest in the stars but they were nice to look at, especially with John by his side. Everything was better with John. But, Sherlock has not a clue what John was asking him. Was his friend wondering what it was like in space? What it would be like to be a star in the sky that they were looking at thousands and thousands of

19th century and going until 1927. Traditionally, he has been highly regarded for his intellect. Nonetheless, a multifold of readers question if Holmes has emotions. Holmes' thoughts are a mystery. Readers only know the thoughts of his friend Dr. John Watson, who narrates the stories Holmes is in. In this essay, I am going to argue that contrary to popular opinion, Sherlock Holmes has emotions. Not only is Holmes able to use his extraordinary intellect in order to solve mysteries, but he also uses his

In William Shakespeare’s Othello, the antagonist Iago shows evil motivations towards the protagonist Othello that could be considered obsessive. This pattern of behavior can be compared to the BBC television rendition of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and its antagonist Moriarty. Iago and Moriarty’s obsessive behavior greatly effect Othello and Sherlock’s lives respectively that provide a solid argumentative comparison between the two. William Shakespeare’s Othello presents and “evil” character

"The game's afoot my dear Watson!" From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first brilliant series to BBC's modern day incarnation of the character, Sherlock Holmes has fascinated the world for centuries. Sherlock Holmes isn't a regular detective- he uses his amazing sense of deduction to "read" people. When Sherlock first meets Dr. John Watson, the first thing he asks is "Afghanistan or Iraq?" As Sherlock later explains, he had deduced by John’s military service by the tan on his wrist and the part in his

The reason that most people do not realize that their driving is impaired when using cell phones is due the illusion of attention, in which people think that they pay more attention to their surroundings than they really do. When this error of perception occurs, also known as inattentional blindness, people fail to notice unexpected events even when they are in plain sight (Invisible Gorilla, Chapter 1). Although the visual and motor skills of experienced drivers are not impaired while talking on

John Watson is known as the creator of behaviorism. Behaviorism is a branch of psychology that focuses on a person’s behavior that’s caused by external factors. Behavior, according to Behaviorism, “can be explained without the need to consider internal mental states or consciousness” (Behaviorism. In learning Theories). In 1920 John Watson conducted what can be considered his greatest experiment. In 1920 john Watson along with Rosaline Rayner began their study of “Little Albert”. Little Albert, as