Why would Sherlock Holmes, a man who “loathed every form of society with his whole Bohemian soul” (Doyle 1) still be absorbed in solving crimes, studying clues, and observing society? As the beliefs and morals of society changed over the centuries, the depiction of Sherlock Holmes’s character was continuously modified. Arthur Conan Doyle and Guy Ritchie both captured Holmes’s developing character by building on the Victorian morals of order and class and contrasting them with twenty-first century morals of chaos and indifference.
Moreover, Sherlock Holmes, an antisocial man, demonstrated order in society during the Victorian era by regularly willing to use logic and not fists when investigating crimes. While Holmes was investigating the Boscombe Valley Mystery, his colleague remarked that “his mind was so absolutely concentrated upon the matter before him, that a question or remark fell unheeded upon his ears” (68). Similarly, when Holmes had clients in the evening, he “[did] not encourage visitors” and “had [no friends] except [Watson]” (78). Doyle created a sense of isolation in Holmes in order to emphasize his keen …show more content…
John Watson and “tweed-suited and respectable” (10) Sherlock Holmes enjoyed Victorian luxuries such as the opera since Holmes was “an enthusiastic musician, being himself not only a very capable performer, but a composer of no ordinary merit” (33). Doyle emphasized that Holmes was gifted and well-dressed by hinting at his position in society. When accompanying Watson to his wedding, twenty-first century Holmes put no effort into cleaning the visible grime that was on his face and clothing from his previous skirmish (Ritchie 33:39). In the twenty-first century, Holmes is represented as an unkept outcast in front of the elegantly dressed people at the wedding and exhibited the little prominence appearance and class plays in modern-day
Moreover, Sherlock Holmes, an antisocial man, demonstrated order in society during the Victorian era by regularly willing to use logic and not fists when investigating crimes. While Holmes was investigating the Boscombe Valley Mystery, his colleague remarked that “his mind was so absolutely concentrated upon the matter before him, that a question or remark fell unheeded upon his ears” (68). Similarly, when Holmes had clients in the evening, he “[did] not encourage visitors” and “had [no friends] except [Watson]” (78). Doyle created a sense of isolation in Holmes in order to emphasize his keen …show more content…
John Watson and “tweed-suited and respectable” (10) Sherlock Holmes enjoyed Victorian luxuries such as the opera since Holmes was “an enthusiastic musician, being himself not only a very capable performer, but a composer of no ordinary merit” (33). Doyle emphasized that Holmes was gifted and well-dressed by hinting at his position in society. When accompanying Watson to his wedding, twenty-first century Holmes put no effort into cleaning the visible grime that was on his face and clothing from his previous skirmish (Ritchie 33:39). In the twenty-first century, Holmes is represented as an unkept outcast in front of the elegantly dressed people at the wedding and exhibited the little prominence appearance and class plays in modern-day