The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans

There are many literary devices that are used throughout Edgar Allen Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories. One device that is noticed in both Poe and Doyle’s stories is the adversary. In “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” there is a clear competition between Auguste Dupin and the police in a race to solve the mystery. Although Dupin and the Prefect of Police seem to be “friends,” the Prefect rejects Dupin’s help because of his “show-off” attitude. Dupin states at the end of the story, “…our friend

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” (Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes) This is one of the many lines in Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes Mysteries. Conan Doyle, born in May of 1859, published the first Sherlock Holmes mystery, A Study in Scarlet, in 1887. When he died in July of 1930 there were 4 novels as well as 56 short stories that featured Holmes. Even though some of the plots

("The Bruce-Partington Plans", 313) It is true to say that the detective's work is not utterly voluntary but he does not focus on the economical reward, his principal purpose is to solve cases. Owing to this, it can be affirmed that the detective does not place importance on money, that is to say he is not materialistic. This is a common characteristic of the Holmes. Although Mycroft Holmes appears in few short stories ("The Greek Interpreter", "The Final Problem" and "The Bruce-Partington Plans"),

Holmes deserves the most of the respect as he’s always the one to solve the crime; “…and to listen with a mocking smile to the general chorus of misplaced congratulation.”(The adventure of the Devils foot) But, forgetting their differences they generally seem to get along in all cases and create a pleasant nature; “I should be most happy to go down with you if I should not be in the way," said I. "My dear Watson, you