Sherlock

Sherlock: The Series that Cures Societies Troubles There’s is arguably nothing worse in life than boredom. If given a chance to alleviate the mundanity of our everyday lives we would all gladly take it. Well, luckily there is or has been a remedy for boredom. Some people (the fans) have argued that the cure for our insufferable and bland lives has been on screen since 2010. And it’s name is Sherlock. The tv show brought to us by the BBC has become a cult phenomenon since it hit our screens in the early 2010s. But why? What’s so great about a tv show starring two British guys? Well the answer is simple, complexity. The substance in Sherlock whose synopsis is about a “consulting detective” named Sherlock Holmes who solves crimes along with his…

After the advancement of tools became a major step in the Victorian era, the method of dissecting bodies for criminal work began to be explored. Sherlock was known for working with dead bodies and working with cadavers, yet he was not the first to adopt this method of crime work. Before Sherlock's method became known, Giovanni Battista Morgagni changed the way the idea of dissecting bodies for criminal work purposes would be looked at (Wagner, 4). Before Morgagni's idea came to be, the thought…

Professor Moriarty was Sherlock Holmes's arch-enemy from the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle series of Sherlock Holmes. Moriarty appears in The Final Problem from the book "Memoirs of Sherlock" where he fights Sherlock on the top of Reichenbach falls. He is mentioned in the books "His Last Bow" and "The Valley of Fear". Professor Moriarty was a good villian because he was a mathemtic pshycopath, consulting criminal, and obsessed with destroying Sherlock Holmes. Professor Moriarty was a pshycopath who…

It was but a few years back when I met Sherlock Holmes. In our eighth grade year he was new to my school, he moved from Cambridge to Westminster, here, due to a change of his father's employer. I remember when I first saw Sherlock, his piercing blue eyes, high and prominent cheekbones, and his stiff, upright posture, he stood out so much as he still does. He walked into my homeroom on the first day of school, his unique looks distracting everyone from their conversations. Even with all eyes on…

within a few pages, I was darting through the moor, running from the hound, and pitying a young woman on her condition. All that while, I admired one peculiar detective named Sherlock Holmes. I was hooked. Needless to say, after reading all…

Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes appear in many movies and books. In particular Nancy Drew appeared in the 2007 movie Nancy Drew, and Sherlock Holmes appeared in the book The Hound of the Baskervilles.Although Nancy Drew has modern technology equipment to help her, Sherlock Holmes is a better detective because his powers of deduction, instinctual actions, and reliance on a sidekick help him be more efficient. Watson, Sherlock Holmes’ partner, is his long time friend throughout the Sherlock…

creators of the show unleashed the infamous death sequence of its main character, Sherlock Holmes. The difference that sets this tragic death apart from ones in other shows lies in the progression of events and their inevitable shock factor. The audience is forced to first see the beloved main character fall to his death in order to save the lives of those close to him, then die in the arms of his best friend John Watson, and finally cut to a scene of Watson visiting Sherlock’s grave …only then…

discourse community which I investigated was from a site called sherlockforum.com. This site is very popular especially for the series Sherlock, since it has all of the episodes and then discussions on each one. I loved watching this show and I watched the first two episodes, so when I realized that one of the questions asked me to investigate one discourse community I was very excited to see other people's views on the show and how they compare with mine. I ended up investigating the discourses…

“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,…

Holmes’ stories kept everyone wondering if he was a real person, and, in a way, he was. Sherlock Holmes was based off of Joseph Bell, who was Doyle’s professor. Doyle wrote numerous stories about Holmes and his adventures as a detective that many people loved. Unfortunately, on July 7, 1930, Doyle passed away from a heart attack in Crowborough, United Kingdom. Nonetheless, Doyle’s legacy remains today in different T.V. shows, movies, and cartoons that showcase his infamous character, Sherlock…