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    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 when…

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    All of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's works Life, literary career and achievements were built off early experiences from childhood hardships and through his struggle for earning money working in different medical jobs. The name Arthur Conan Doyle came from a colony of linen weavers from France. Although both sides of sides of Arthur 's family are from Ireland, his family tree was hard to trace because the records were lost in the American Civil War. During a period of Arthur 's life, he thought that…

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    Undoubtedly, Sherlock Holmes was not guilty for killing Dr. Roylott! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” developed Dr. Roylott into a cruel character, who later died from his own crime that Sherlock Holmes attempted to solve. Nevertheless, Sherlock Holmes was unequivocally not culpable for Dr. Roylott’s death! Sherlock Holmes found several pieces of evidence to make a logical prediction. Predictions are not always accurate; he did not know all the facts of the…

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    a terrifying picture of the figures movement. "Metaphors are also used to very good effect by Conan Doyle. On page 182, Holmes interjects Helens narrative with the comment "These are very deep waters," Holmes clearly sees this as a terrible situation and we can sense that he feels the problem is going to be very difficult to solve. We can see on page 188 good use of a simile when Conan Doyle Describes the two curved wings of the building as "like the claws of a crab" We get a…

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    sense of individuality that separates it from the original. However, most transformative works can go unrecognized or stand alone because the storyline and/or structure can be seen as a drastic change compared to the original. After reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “A Study in Scarlet” and the graphic novel “A Study in Black” it is understandable that some may argue that “A Study in Black”…

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    Sherlock Holmes has become known as a tremendously intelligent and unique individual who has a strong passion for solving mysteries. In fact, his name has almost come to stand for, someone who almost seems to have telepathy. Sherlock in the new adaptations, Elementary, House M.D. and Sherlock Holmes, has the ability to look at any given character he can distinguish their life story without even speaking a single word to them, just using his observations. Within the BBC vision of Sherlock, he…

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    opportunity to enjoy the greatest men and women of all, the authors. The authors are the ones who create the amazing worlds that are filled with people worth reading about. There is no author that has done this as well as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle named Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born May 22, 1859. He was the third of nine children in his Irish Family. Doyle’s father Charles Altamont Doyle was a part time artist who battled alcoholism and was the family’s only source of income, because…

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    In A Study in Scarlet, by Sir Author Conan Doyle, he uses a witty and brilliant detective named Sherlock Holmes to show the audience how investigators solved crime back then during that time period and the different technology they used to solve them and how it is different today’s technology. In the show series Sherlock, the episode “A Study in Pink”, gives a little bit of a modern take on A Study in Scarlet and shows how technology advancements can make the better. Having these modern twists…

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    London Of Darkness

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    countryside is viewed as the London of ‘light’ while the city is viewed as the London of ‘darkness’. These themes are brought out by the realism Dickens uses in relation to the period in which his novel was written, between 1837-39. On the contrary, Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel The Sign of Four represents the London of ‘light’ through the city of London while the London of ‘darkness’ is signified by the countryside. These ideas will be shown by close…

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    The Hound of the Baskervilles! One of Arthur Conan Doyle’s very best works.” We turned to each other with slight reassurance, yet still remained in a state of fright. Whoever had killed Professor Mirmotahari took great care in using his teaching aids to mock us. The quote from Doyle did nothing if…

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