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    novel is a detective story, with the main protagonists Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. It was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was a famous writer in the 20th Century. Doyle is commonly known for the characters he created. The names Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are known all around the world. At one point in his carrier Doyle was weary of his own character. He then wrote the last novel with his protagonist Sherlock Holmes and after this he even contested a seat in the British…

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    Although these shows are alike, there are many contrasts between the main characters. First of all, Shawn Spencer pretends to be psychic while Castle doesn’t claim to have any special abilities. Next, Castle is a popular mystery writer, who has written a series of novels following the adventures of Derrick Storm and Nikki Heat, characters based off of himself and his partner, respectively. Dissimilarly, Shawn has no other job besides detective work. Finally, Shawn is very childish, even when…

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    "The California Kid" Urijah Faber has shocked the world by announcing he will be retiring following his UFC On FOX 22 fight against Brad "One Punch" Pickett. Urijah Faber was a guest on the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani where he made the decision to retire. Faber said that he still has a passion for fighting but his emotions toward fighting has changed now then in the past. Faber would also go onto mention that in his previous fights he has not found that emotional rise or fall and that to him…

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    Essay On Mind Palace

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    that Conan Doyle wrote, Holmes tells Watson: “I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.” Then, the idea of the brain attic is not actually new, because this quote was published in 1891. The brain attic is not a very common idea, it is not usual to come across those words neither in literature nor in television, nevertheless, it is one of the most special characteristics of Sherlock Holmes. That is the reason…

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    the stories about the famous Sherlock Holmes was written to get rid of guilty conscience the accident with the acid and the body, which we are getting told about in ‘The acid test’. The text “The engineer’s Thumb” is about Sherlock Holmes, who is the very intelligent and incredible detective, who can find the solution to almost any case. The way Sherlock Holmes is described is like a hero and an unnatural person. Arthur Conan Doyle described Sherlock Holmes the way, that he wanted to be as a…

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    Sherlock Holmes Definition

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    “The name is Sherlock Holmes and the address is 221B Baker Street.” (Moffat) This is where we start our story, with a name and an address. If you ask random people “Who is Sherlock Holmes?” most will tell you that he is the greatest detective to ever live. While this statement is taken for fact all around the world, unfortunately the great Mister Holmes has always been fiction. It is like calling the lion who lives in savannas the king of the jungle. The actuality in these labels maybe lacking,…

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    as good, 5% prefer the movie, and 9% don’t read the book. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle follows the mystery of the murder of Sir Charles Baskerville from the point of view of Dr. Watson, the admirable companion of Sherlock Holmes, a master of deduction. The 2002 BBC movie adaptation, directed by David Attwood, follows the same story, but both major and minor plot details differ as well as the characters. Comparing The Hound of the Baskervilles book to the movie, the two…

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    The TV series Game of Thrones, adapted from the fantasy novel A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, has been acclaimed by critics for its story telling, acing, scoping and especially its complex characters. The series has received 38 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series in 2015 and 2016, more than any other primetime scripted television series. (Wikipedia) The story sets on the fictional Seven Kingdoms of Westeros and it focuses on the dynastic struggle for the iron…

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    Adapted many times and having countless tumblrs dedicated to the tale, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem is the world's most treasured classic adventure. It comes as no surprise that BBC took the English tale and made it one of their own, but did their adaption, Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall, live up to the expectation? It comes with a change of century and characters that have been moulded into, what some would falsely criticise, entirely new beings. BBC's adaption is surprisingly new… and so…

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    A truly gargantuan and innumerable population of people enjoy routinely reading murder mystery books and novels and stories on a routine and regular basis. That being said, as a general rule of thumb, these people are not typically themselves murderers (generally), nor would these people really ever enjoy seeing someone commit an actual murder, nor would most of them actually enjoy trying to solve an actual murder in real life. They (these people who read murder mystery books and novels and…

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