Doyle vs. King Ever since the start of the Sherlock Holmes era in the late 1800’s there has been a bountiful amount of remakes of the classic story. Anything from movies, television shows and literary works— it has all been done. Within the modified versions, anything can be changed, most certainly you can tell when you are interacting with a true Arthur Conan Doyle story. In this particular essay I will be comparing and contrasting The Doctor’s Case and The Final Problem. The Doctor’s Case by Stephen King embodies Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, while in a sense making the story completely different in his own way. Whilst reading The Doctor’s Case you see that this story is not all about Holmes, this story is in fact most
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Both stories bring all the facts together beforehand and then begin to solve the crime. What they do with the criminals is what is the main difference seen here, in King’s story, he lets the perpetrator go like nothing ever happened. “Looks like attempted robbery hone to something worse. I saw it at once, of course.” (King) Here Lestrade is covering for the murder of Mr. Hull by speaking with the constable about it. In The Final Problem, not only does the criminal die, but Holmes does as well. The men of Moriarty’s gang get convicted for their wrongdoings as well. “Tell Inspector Patterson that the papers which he needs to convict the gang are in pigeonhole M., done up in a blue envelope and inscribed “Moriarty.” …show more content…
He wanted to bring in the subtle happiness of the characters and the gruesome ways the murder together to form the perfect tone for this short story. The Final Problem gives a tone of enthusiasm in the beginning to a very depressing tone in the end. Not all Holmes stories follow this guideline, most are rather enthusiastic with a happy ending for Holmes and Watson. Stephen King gave the readers what they needed to know to realize that it was indeed a Sherlock Holmes story. You could definitely feel it was a story written by King, without knowing who the author was before reading. There are many similarities and differences between the classic and the remakes. They can come from the characters, how the crimes are solved, how they handle the suspects and even the overall tone of the story can be altered upon. Being that there is so many remakes of this story, it is up for the reader to chose which version they like the
Both stories bring all the facts together beforehand and then begin to solve the crime. What they do with the criminals is what is the main difference seen here, in King’s story, he lets the perpetrator go like nothing ever happened. “Looks like attempted robbery hone to something worse. I saw it at once, of course.” (King) Here Lestrade is covering for the murder of Mr. Hull by speaking with the constable about it. In The Final Problem, not only does the criminal die, but Holmes does as well. The men of Moriarty’s gang get convicted for their wrongdoings as well. “Tell Inspector Patterson that the papers which he needs to convict the gang are in pigeonhole M., done up in a blue envelope and inscribed “Moriarty.” …show more content…
He wanted to bring in the subtle happiness of the characters and the gruesome ways the murder together to form the perfect tone for this short story. The Final Problem gives a tone of enthusiasm in the beginning to a very depressing tone in the end. Not all Holmes stories follow this guideline, most are rather enthusiastic with a happy ending for Holmes and Watson. Stephen King gave the readers what they needed to know to realize that it was indeed a Sherlock Holmes story. You could definitely feel it was a story written by King, without knowing who the author was before reading. There are many similarities and differences between the classic and the remakes. They can come from the characters, how the crimes are solved, how they handle the suspects and even the overall tone of the story can be altered upon. Being that there is so many remakes of this story, it is up for the reader to chose which version they like the