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    Holmes and the Stolen Stones slot review Welcome to the mysterious and dangerous world of Victorian London and the company of the greatest detective of all times – Sherlock Holmes. Holmes and the Stolen Stones slot from Yggdrasil Gaming is one of the highly anticipated slots of released on September 2015. Follow the most respected detective and his right hand Dr Watson (both looking like they were hitting the gym for at least a year!) as they try to find the stolen diamonds in this well-done…

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    Sherlock Holmes is one of the most well know fictional detective character throughout literature. Holmes was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whom at the time practiced medicine when he first published his work about Sherlock Holmes. To this day, a significant amount of people knew who Sherlock Holmes was even if they have never read Conan Doyle’ work before. It also inspire many authors and directors to base their work and cases off of Sherlock Holmes from many medias like movies, TV shows,…

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    Watson, can treat the physical body. It is worth recalling that Conan Doyle, a physician himself, based Holmes upon his own teacher, Joseph Bell (1837-1911) of the University of Edinburgh. Bell practiced a kind of science of deduction of his own. He was renowned for his ability to make correct medical diagnoses based on the mere observation of superficial external signs. In an interview in the Bookman in May 1892, Conan Doyle recalled how Bell would "sit in the patients’ waiting-room with a face…

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    Mark Twain: A Tragic Hero

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    People today focus on the books authors wrote, and not the effort it took to get there which can often be even more interesting than the book itself. Mark Twain is one of these authors, a man who worked very hard to do what he loved. He was kind to others, determined, and assertive when need be. Mark Twain was kind to others, and apologetic. When Twain was starting out as a writer he really admired Oliver Wendell Holmes, a very well known author. Twain read so many of Holmes' books that he…

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    I use two genres of text for my RIP project, which is plot related. It seems that my diary doesn’t have the audience, but my letter does have, but rhetor of both of the genres is the detective. One new concept to noir is that in the diary the detective doesn’t worry about other people would see his diary so that he could write anything in it, even talks bad about his client, Mrs. Chanler. However, in the letter, he uses polite, formal and official tone to tell his client what he was explored,…

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    haunting the family. Watson and Holmes are called in to help. Sir Henry meets his neighbors and in the end his neighbor Stapleton did the crime. The Hound of the Baskervilles is a great novel written by none other than famous author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock…

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    The Great Game Sherlock

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    At any rate, it is clear to see the influence that the literature of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has on the Sherlock series. The characteristic of literature adapted to television is one that has been used to identify quality television shows. For example, Brideshead Revisited and The Jewel in the Crown are two British series that are widely accepted…

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    In Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” the reader is directed to believe Sherlock Holmes was at fault for Dr. Roylott’s death. Contrary to what the reader is led to believe, Holmes is not responsible for the death of Dr. Roylott. Dr. Roylott violently threatened Holmes after Helen’s visit. From this you can infer that Dr. Roylott showed a higher level of hostility towards Holmes than Holmes showed towards Dr. Roylott. Holmes had no knowledge as to where Dr. Roylott was. If…

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    ‘The Eros Case' "You have thirty days to catch me, detective. If you do not, the consequences will be very severe. The timer starts now. Your deadline is the 31st of March 2017 at 00:00. If I am not behind bars by that time, five hundred people will die. Do not release this tape to the public, and keep quiet about this. Oh, and if you need to contact me, I go by the code name Eros. Tick tock, detective, tick tock. " Detective Viktor Nikiforov was the best detective in all America. He was often…

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    Dr. Watson Essay

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    Doyle portrayed Dr.Watson’s character as an apprentice to the detective, Sherlock Holmes. Without a doubt, the doctor is devoted to Holmes and expresses eagerness to please him. Watson is a detriment to solving the case it’s Holmes capabilities that primarily help disentangle the whole mystery. Watson admires Holmes and desires for the detective’s approval. He is more willing to do what Sherlock asks of him whether considering the facts about Dr. Mortimer’s cane or traveling ahead to…

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