Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: Obstruction Of Justice

Obstruction of Justice In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes: Hound of the Baskervilles (1986), the idea that justice is put forth over the character’s individual righteousness is the privileged idea. What is actually being shown is that the characters, even Sherlock Holmes, favor what they personally think is right ahead of what is just. Sir Henry Baskerville takes it upon himself to chase down Selden because he knows he is a convict, but he does not stop to consider that he should take a step back and allow others who are more informed to take action on this issue. Sherlock is so focused on figuring out the mystery of the hound that he neglects to help others along the way and just observes the area. Once Sherlock realizes Jack Stapleton is behind the mysterious happenings in Devonshire, he stops at nothing to gather evidence to convict him. While he is building this wall of evidence, he does not stop to understand …show more content…
When combing the text further, there are multiple examples of where this does not happen. Henry chases down Selden because he feels that he is a big danger in the moor even though he is quietly waiting to leave, Sherlock gets in the way of justice through his choices on what is more important, and Selden is denied his birthright. Most of the characters in one way or another are obstructing justice at some point, some characters more than once. Each character thinks he or she is righteous in the personal situations, but there are actually ample reasons to show that they are not as righteous as they think. Sherlock has many situations that show his confidence hinders his abilities to objectively see outside the box. He is not alone in his self-righteousness; Sir Henry, Watson, and Stapleton all make judgment calls that should have gone another