Conan O'Brien

In making the Sherlock Holmes stories, Arthur Conan Doyle created a hero modern to the times. Holmes, an independent detective, tackles many of his cases with his companion John H. Watson, who, in contrast to heros today, could be considered Holmes’ side kick. Though Holmes does not have the ability to fly or read minds, he has an extrodinary capability in solving crimes with evidence lost on others. In A Case of Identity, Watson states, “You appeared to read a good deal upon her which was quite…

The Hound of the Baskervilles In this essay, I will be acting as a prosecuting attorney in a court case against Rodger Baskerville II. Others might know him more commonly as Mr. Stapleton, as an act to deceive those who might stand in the way of his devious intents. The crimes in which I will be prosecuting against him are, two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, one count of battery, and one count of animal cruelty. In turn, I now turn this over to the courts preceding’s. Today…

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,…

League only pays “real bright, fiery red” (Paragraph 55) haired people to copy the Encyclopedia Britannica. This eccentric requirement shows up in “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Red-Headed League,” a story in a book written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This story is set in London, England. The main characters are detective Sherlock Holmes, his friend Watson, and Mr. Wilson. The Red-Headed League Mr. Wilson works in suddenly closes, so he sets out to find Sherlock Holmes. The misleading…

In each state, in each city, walks a revolutionary individual, so keen, so intelligent, and aware of the current state of the universe that the world I walk through will be so different by the next decade, the only thing I will recognize is the faces of those who changed it. Indeed I cannot be classified as dull, but a title of genius will not be on my resume. I might just happen to know those faces, which could change the world. Just as John Watson is, I am thoroughly intrigued by this world…

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been adapted and reworked numerous times across many traditional mediums such books, films and television. BBC’s Sherlock is a recent modernized TV adaptation which was critically acclaimed for its writing and direction and nominated for many highly-regarded awards such as BAFTAs and Golden Globes. Like many shows with prominent fandoms (E.g. Supernatural, Doctor Who), Sherlock was subject to a high production of fan activity based on the show and its…

“My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.” (Doyle 254). Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective character created by a Scottish author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on May 22, 1859. Sherlock Holmes’s detective stories are some of the best detective stories ever written. His comics has always blown people's mind. However Sherlock Holmes is not the first fictional detective, the fame he reached after his literary birth dwarfed his fictional predecessors and…

Arthur Conan Doyle Arthur Doyle wrote over 60 short stories about the notable character Sherlock Holmes, and nearly 200 novels, short stories, poems, historical book and pamphlets. Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born, May 22, 1859 by the parents of Charles and Mary Doyle. Doyle’s father was a drunk and Doyle’s mother, Mary was a passionate reader and story teller, as he says, “In my early childhood, as far as I can remember anything at all, the vivid stories she would tell me stand out so…

“A Scandal in Bohemia” and “The Speckled Band” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are both narrated by Dr. Watson. Throughout the stories, Watson explains what is going on and what Holmes has discovered. However, Conan Doyle also uses Watson as a foil character to Sherlock. The things Watson describes are things most people would also see, yet what Sherlock tells him are things only Sherlock has the skills to observe and piece together. This is important because by seeing the events or people first…

Does having a sexuality preference really affect the telling of the story? In Sherlock original story, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, shows that Sherlock Holmes has no affection towards woman or men and he doesn’t see himself in a relationship. The only affection he shows to have is towards Mrs. Hudson. However, In the BBC TV series Sherlock does appear to have little emotions towards a woman, Irene Adler, at the end of A Scandal in Bohemia. The viewers and/or readers can see that even though…