Sir Arthur Conan Doyle displays aristocratic pretension in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, as a mockery towards the higher class when contrasted against the attentive and mature behavior of Sherlock Holmes. Such comparison is evident in the short stories “A Scandal in Bohemia” and “The Beryl Coronet” expressing such behavior that can be viewed as arrogant or even childish. Although aristocrats typically display snobbish attitudes and portray themselves intellectually to show superiority over the lower classes, in “A Scandal in Bohemia” the King of Bohemia displays an arrogant childish disposition when seeking the help of Sherlock Holmes. When the King of Bohemia arrives at 221B Baker Street, with a “…black vizard mask, which he had apparently
