Amid the lapse of both Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock exploits moral tolerances in pursuit of the greater good. Throughout the progression of novel and film, both Ritchie and Doyle utilize Sherlock’s path of destruction to emphasize a prevailing cataclysmic culture and acclimation to violence over time throughout America. Without the use of excessive force, Doyle’s rendition of Sherlock Holmes has no arduousness solving crimes and enigmas through the use of Sherlock’s personal inference, deduction, reason and knowledge. Reflecting the Victorian ages demeanor toward violence Doyle displays Sherlock’s attempts to “avoid scandal” at all costs (Doyle 73).
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Throughout Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows the speed of the film slows down and the focus shifts to Sherlock's eyes to emphasize his calculation of his opponents next move, returning to normal speed Sherlock puts down his enemy with little to no difficulty, leaving his enemy in ruin (Ritchie TIMESTAMP). Rather than provide benefaction to those in need and solve enigmatic crimes, Sherlock and Watson are the victims of a multitude of assassination attempts and even culprits of destructive actions. In the process of endeavoring to send Professor Moriarty to jail, Watson completely destroys a watchtower simultaneously as Sherlock hangs from a hook being tortured (Ritchie Timestamp). Displaying more violence than in the entirety of Doyle’s work, these two acts are only a few of many as Sherlock arranges to abase Professor Moriarty. As Sherlock’s path of destruction continues throughout the film, it becomes definite that Ritchie intended to emphasize Americas acclimation of a violent culture since the publishment of Arthur Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock
Throughout Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows the speed of the film slows down and the focus shifts to Sherlock's eyes to emphasize his calculation of his opponents next move, returning to normal speed Sherlock puts down his enemy with little to no difficulty, leaving his enemy in ruin (Ritchie TIMESTAMP). Rather than provide benefaction to those in need and solve enigmatic crimes, Sherlock and Watson are the victims of a multitude of assassination attempts and even culprits of destructive actions. In the process of endeavoring to send Professor Moriarty to jail, Watson completely destroys a watchtower simultaneously as Sherlock hangs from a hook being tortured (Ritchie Timestamp). Displaying more violence than in the entirety of Doyle’s work, these two acts are only a few of many as Sherlock arranges to abase Professor Moriarty. As Sherlock’s path of destruction continues throughout the film, it becomes definite that Ritchie intended to emphasize Americas acclimation of a violent culture since the publishment of Arthur Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock