Arthur Conan Doyle

the leader. Paragraph 1: “‘What do you make of that, Watson?’ ‘It’s a common enough lash. But I don’t know why it should be tied’ ‘That is not so common, is it?’...’In the first place, both my friend and I must spend the night in your room’ (Conan Doyle 326). This passage from “The adventure of the Speckled Band” uses dialogue to show that Holmes and Watson are partners. Sherlock asks Watson, “what do you make of that?’’’ and Watson replies, “‘It’s a common enough lash. But I don’t know…

Lucas Donisi Mrs. Penn Honors Literacy 08 November 2016 Hound of the Baskervilles Essay There are many things in this world that draw us to mystery. The book The Hound of the Baskervilles written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one that draws you in with its mysterious characters and story. From a big demonic hound to a criminal in the moor there are many clues in this book. While reading we'll be looking at the clues in main story, setting, characters, and finally the writing technique of the…

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…

Nancy when she goes sleuthing. Bess and George may not think the same way Nancy does, but they do provide a helping hand to her while solving a mystery. Bess and George much resemble Dr. Watson in The Hound of the Baskervilles written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Watson, Marvin and Fayne both contribute a different point of view to Sherlock Holmes and Nancy Drew, respectively, to observations about a mystery. Without Watson's assistance Holmes would not have been able to solve the mystery of…

address that did not even exist during the time of Sherlock Holmes. Did you ever wonder why this is? In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes detective stories, readers are entertained by the ability of the eccentric and erratic detective’s ability to solve unsolvable mysteries using only the powers of logic and keen observation. Although these mystery schemes are often unrealistic, Doyle was influenced by the very real backgrounds and settings of Victorian Era London. Given the fictional…

Sherlock Holmes has been featured in several stories by his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Traditionally, he has been highly regarded for his intellect, but many readers question if Holmes has emotions. We do not know Holmes' thoughts, but only those of his friend Dr. John Watson who narrates the stories Holmes is in. I am looking for evidence, however, that he has emotions based on his actions. Even though Holmes may appear to show a complete disregard of emotions at times, I have reason to…

Doyle vs. King Ever since the start of the Sherlock Holmes era in the late 1800’s there has been a bountiful amount of remakes of the classic story. Anything from movies, television shows and literary works— it has all been done. Within the modified versions, anything can be changed, most certainly you can tell when you are interacting with a true Arthur Conan Doyle story. In this particular essay I will be comparing and contrasting The Doctor’s Case and The Final Problem. The Doctor’s Case by…

For my creative project I put together a case file based upon the fictional murder of Julia Stoner detailed in “The Speckled Band”, a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I wanted to make the case file look realistic so I used a manilla folder with a picture of the “Stoner twins” attached to the front. Since the case in the story was unsolved in 1982 and Sherlock Holmes solved the case in April of 1983, I included this information on the file. A case number is written on the top of the file to…

Poe’s creation of the detective story has followed the generations and took a new breath of life in modern entertainment. His influence took an incredible leap with the influence of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes which has lead to numerous other works. These works have proven to be lasting with the amount of modern mystery, fantasy, and detective works there are in daily entertainment. Today there is always a mystery to be solved…

despite appearing in just one history, and is generally used as being a romantic curiosity for Holmes throughout derivative functions, though within the story it is made apparent that Holmes is only impressed by means of her ingenuity and intelligence (Doyle). I have seldom heard of her under any other name. In his or her eyes your lover eclipses and predominates the complete value of her sex. It was not that they felt just about any emotion…