In October 1892, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle introduced Sherlock Holmes - the world’s first consulting detective. In his lifetime, the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published four novels and five volumes of short stories about the detective. Holmes’s cases involve a range of …. from cracking codes to preventing political scandal and international turmoil. He apprehends the common thief and aspires to defeat Europe’s most dangerous criminal mastermind. Although each case is unique, they can be placed in four main categories: codes and riddles, greed and revenge, blackmail and political scandal, and demonstrations of intellect. In many of the cases that clients bring to Holmes, the clues are coded messages or riddles. For example, in the case
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In “A Case of Identity,” Mr. James Windibank marries an older woman for her money. However, Mr. Windibank is not satisfied with just her money; he is determined to keep his stepdaughter’s money as well. As long as his stepdaughter, Mary Sutherland, remains unmarried and lives at home he has access to her money. He prevents Miss Sutherland from marrying by pretending to be her lover. In another case, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” Helen Stoner comes to Holmes because she feels threatened by her stepfather. Helen’s twin sister suffered a sudden violent death before she was to be married. Helen is now engaged to be married, and has been moved into the room where her twin sister died. Holmes realizes that Helen’s stepfather planned to kill both sisters before they marry – leaving their entire fortunes in his …show more content…
For example, in “A Scandal in Bohemia” Holmes identifies his disguised visitor as Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, the Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein and the hereditary King of Bohemia. The Grand Duke is engaged to marry Princess Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meiningen of Scandinavia. Unbeknownst to his fiance, the Duke had an affair with Irene Adler, an American opera singer. He comes to Holmes to ask for help retrieving letters and a photograph of himself and Irene Adler that are currently in her possession. If Irene Adler reveals the photograph and the letters the wedding will be called off and the Duke will be humiliated. Holmes must figure out where Irene Adler has hidden the evidence of the affair and retrieve it before she brings scandal to the Duke and his family. In another case, “The Adventure of the Second Stain,” Lord Bellinger, the Premier of Britain and the Right Honorable Trelawney Hope, the Secretary for European Affairs visit Holmes to report a stolen document. The document is a letter from a foreign potentate, and it must be recovered secretly. The Prime Minister fears that publication of the document will disturb peace in Europe and almost certainly bring England into war. Holmes has to find the missing document before it is published and its connection to a murder in Westminster. Holmes’ talents in resolving threats of
In “A Case of Identity,” Mr. James Windibank marries an older woman for her money. However, Mr. Windibank is not satisfied with just her money; he is determined to keep his stepdaughter’s money as well. As long as his stepdaughter, Mary Sutherland, remains unmarried and lives at home he has access to her money. He prevents Miss Sutherland from marrying by pretending to be her lover. In another case, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” Helen Stoner comes to Holmes because she feels threatened by her stepfather. Helen’s twin sister suffered a sudden violent death before she was to be married. Helen is now engaged to be married, and has been moved into the room where her twin sister died. Holmes realizes that Helen’s stepfather planned to kill both sisters before they marry – leaving their entire fortunes in his …show more content…
For example, in “A Scandal in Bohemia” Holmes identifies his disguised visitor as Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, the Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein and the hereditary King of Bohemia. The Grand Duke is engaged to marry Princess Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meiningen of Scandinavia. Unbeknownst to his fiance, the Duke had an affair with Irene Adler, an American opera singer. He comes to Holmes to ask for help retrieving letters and a photograph of himself and Irene Adler that are currently in her possession. If Irene Adler reveals the photograph and the letters the wedding will be called off and the Duke will be humiliated. Holmes must figure out where Irene Adler has hidden the evidence of the affair and retrieve it before she brings scandal to the Duke and his family. In another case, “The Adventure of the Second Stain,” Lord Bellinger, the Premier of Britain and the Right Honorable Trelawney Hope, the Secretary for European Affairs visit Holmes to report a stolen document. The document is a letter from a foreign potentate, and it must be recovered secretly. The Prime Minister fears that publication of the document will disturb peace in Europe and almost certainly bring England into war. Holmes has to find the missing document before it is published and its connection to a murder in Westminster. Holmes’ talents in resolving threats of