Professor Moriarty

Personalities and Roles In Conan Doyle’s novel The Hound of the Baskervilles characteristics and skills are but few elements that Doyle uses to portray the theme of the crime solving duo, Sherlock Holmes and Dr.John Watson. Throughout the story Watson repeatedly makes the dots without detailed reasoning and Holmes connects them. ““You know my methods. Apply them!”” (Conan Doyle 15). Holmes seems to be constantly teaching Watson his ways and in turn Watson does his best to fill the gaps for…

The story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band’ centers around a professional detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his experiences while assisting a troubled young woman named Helen Stoner. The story takes place at Stoke Moran in April of 1883. Helen traveled to Sherlock and his loyal companion, Dr. Watson, early in the morning in a state of instability. She explained the fairly unsettling occurrences in which she had been struggling with recently. Julia, Helen’s sister, died due to an undetermined…

terrible, but by the time he was seventeen years old, he had become a medical student at a local university. The university quickly became Doyle’s sanctuary from his tragic family life. In the year 1877, Doyle joined a class taught by the most amazing professor, Dr. Joseph Bell, who taught not only about the field of medicine, but also how to uncover a mystery. However, Bell was unaware that he would make such an impact on Doyle’s life and later become a worldwide sensation. A few years later,…

Sherlock Holmes is a round character. There are multiple facets to his personality. For example, he is very observant, but he is also modest when it comes to his talents. When Holmes explains how he followed Watson’s train of thought during his reverie, Watson is amazed. Holmes says in response, “It was very superficial, my dear Watson.” It can also be assumed that Holmes doesn’t like to be alone. While dreaming of going on a vacation, Watson says about Holmes: “Neither the country nor the sea…

In 1890 the novel, A Study in Scarlet, written by Arthur Conan Doyle introduced the character of Detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle would go on to write 60 stories about Sherlock Holmes. The Sherlock Holmes stories have long been credited as an influence on forensic science thanks to his character’s use of investigative methods such as matching fingerprints, serology, ciphers, trace evidence, including footprints. 130 years later, this is old news, but a key component to investigations today.…

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…

In “Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone”, Professor McGonagall was surprised by the skills of broomstick of Harry. He was then recommended by Professor McGonagal to be the seeker of Gryffindor team to participate the game of Quidditch. “The boy’s a natural.”(Rowling 151)This is the first time for Harry to be appreciated. In the muggles world, he…

Detective stories are one of the most complicated genres there are. With a good detective story comes many aspects: a good crime, a thorough investigation, some red herrings to throw the reader off, and a lot of action. But, most of all, detective stories need a good and qualified detective at the helm. Easily the most famous of all detectives in the genre and possibly the world is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. Being the most enduring character of detective stories, he is known for…

The first dystopian piece of fiction to be created is credited to the work of H.G. Wells, who published The Time Machine in 1895. Since The Time Machine, hundreds of thousands of dystopian fiction works have been published, making it one of the most popular genres in works with young adult audiences, be it literature or movies. The movie The Hunger Games, based on a book published in 2008 by Suzanne Collins, is one of these works of dystopian fiction. The dystopian genre has several common…

Irene Adler: The Unexpected Victor In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “A Scandal In Bohemia,” one of the first things mentioned is Sherlock Holmes’ lasting impression of Irene Adler. It becomes clear to the reader within the first few sentences of this short story that Sherlock Holmes was captivated by this mysterious woman. It is not until the end of the story that the reader learns why Holmes, who formerly seemed to mostly disregard the opposite sex, was so enamored with this particular woman.…