The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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    one day I turned on netflix and saw that a new show was added, Sherlock. Intrigued, I watched one episode, and from their I binge watched the whole season, and am still a huge fan to this day. The t.v show got me more interested in Arthur Conan Doyle’s character Sherlock Holmes, and so I cracked open the century’s old novels, and fervently read them within a week. The Sherlock Holmes saga impact who I am today, because Sherlock Holmes is the perfect anti- hero. There 's a reason that these…

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    This course has demonstrated how we can incorporate a literary detective’s sometimes unorthodox methods of deduction to solve the confounded mysteries in our own lives. These fictional tales of reasoning can be applied outside the world of crime because the methodology is sound enough to put to use in everyday situations. Upon reflection, I came to find that I utilized many techniques prescribed by the detectives in this course while researching a high school project. I was given the task of…

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    shown is by Sherlock Holmes. Specifically, The Hound of the Baskervilles, was influenced by Conan Doyle 's family and his real life experience. This essay relates the essence of Sherlock Holmes and the events shaped the narration and characters. In the tale about the Baskervilles’ hound, , Sherlock Holmes is the hero and main character. Holmes’ personality shows that he is an observant and intelligent detective. Holmes reveals his power to match intellect with immediate action. Holmes is…

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    The American Academy of Forensic Sciences is a professional website that was founded in 1948. The purpose of this American Academy of Forensic Sciences community is to provide information towards leadership of science, and the knowledge about the legal system. This community was developed to inform and educated everyone about their knowledge about this program, and to help them gather information on that specific subject of forensic science. It is searching for people that will join their…

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    Obstruction of Justice In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes: Hound of the Baskervilles (1986), the idea that justice is put forth over the character’s individual righteousness is the privileged idea. What is actually being shown is that the characters, even Sherlock Holmes, favor what they personally think is right ahead of what is just. Sir Henry Baskerville takes it upon himself to chase down Selden because he knows he is a convict, but he does not stop to consider that he should…

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    hate for his cousin, Victor Savage, and Sherlock Holmes. Finally, “Invitation to a Murder” differed from “The Dying Detective” since Mrs. Abbott physically used no weapon to kill Mr. Abbott, whereas Smith had utilized a poisoned spring within a box in his schemes. However, “The Dying Detective” had its own exclusive concepts that did not exist in “Invitation to a Murder.” The initial mood of this story was sorrowful, as Dr. Watson and Mrs. Hudson believed Holmes was on the brink of death. In…

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    Doyle’s mysteries, the most sought out genre of all time. Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. These stories have always been favored, and they are still popular today. But what makes them still just as exciting to read? Suspense. All these stories begin slow and move up to the action then the reveal. That is how almost every story is written, but Doyle’s even more. The main character, Sherlock Homes, is much more intellectually quicker than the readers. This helps build…

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    In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Final Problem”, a short story in his collection The Memoirs of Sherlock Homes, he introduces a character known as Professor James Moriarty. Doyle’s creation of Moriarty was influenced by major criminals, who were known for terrorizing Victorian England such as Adam Worth and Jack the Ripper. Doyle had designed Moriarty to be a criminal mastermind who represents an opposition towards Victorian morality, and made him an “other” of Victorian England’s society.…

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    like Sherlock Holmes?” states that technology diverts a lot of attention as well as it affects the behavior of people. Thus, both authors’ solutions differ. Thoreau turns down technology, eliminating it from his life, while Konnikova accepts technology to a limit, focusing more attention on the world around her. Even though Thoreau’s essay is more eloquent, it is not practical, but rather idealistic. On the other hand, Konnikova’s essay is much more…

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    Sherlock Book vs. TV Series The Hound of the Baskervilles written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the BBC version The Hounds of Baskerville are two works of art that are mainly telling the same story. There are, however, many differences about the book and the movie. Those differences don’t affect the outcome of the story, but they give less impact to the story. Along with the differences there are many similarities, and those similarities provide confidence that it is the same story. In both the…

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