The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Forensic science is one aspect of law enforcement where crime-solving, technology and science meet in support of the Theory of Transfer (When two objects meet, some evidence of that meeting can be found later and verified). There was a significant instance in 1248 where a Chinese Author; His DuanYu published a book (The Washing Away of Wrongs) on how medical knowledge could be applied to solve a crime; for example, distinguishing drowning from strangulation. Fast forward, in 1784 an Englishman…

Freud in his 1919 essay, The ‘Uncanny’, offers us an explanation of ‘uncanny’. According to him, ‘uncanny’ is the experience of dread which returns to what is already known and familiar. In other words, he investigates how the familiar returns as a lingering, uncertain dread. For the purpose of this paper, I will look at the film, The Cure (1997) to explore the concept of Freud’s ‘uncanny’. I intend to look at how the film deploys the concept of ‘uncanny’ in a two-pronged approach: how the…

There are several ways to find the criminal of a crime. For example, there is testimony, direct, and forensic evidence. But, only one will give the truth of the crime. This type of evidence would give truthful evidence that none of the other evidences can give a person. In the passage “Forensic Science: Evidence, Clues, and Investigation,” by Andrea Campbell, the best evidence to get through a trial is forensic evidence. Forensic evidence is evidence that is found in the crime scene, this…

The mystery genre is well known for creating feelings of suspense and sucking the reader/viewer into the elaborate web spun by the author. Mystery stories are commonly known for the retrograde type of story telling and logical deduction used by the main character to solve the crime at hand. The entire genre is always centered around an individual trying to solve an issue, usually a crime, in a detective like manner. Mystery stories can suck the viewer in as they try to solve the mystery in the…

detective work, it is not directly responsible for Holmes’ downfall. When Holmes is duped by Irene Adler, it is because of a combination of his hyper precision, miscalculations, and overconfidence. Despite Holmes technically “losing” the case, he does not feel the need to physically gouge his eyes out as a punishment, and therefore sight in this story takes on a different meaning. Just as physical sight dictates the course of Oedipus the King, Holmes’ over analyses dictate how the mystery…

Contextual information unknowingly affects how opinions and perceptions are made; because it is human nature to associate information with future perceptions, as a way to achieve a sense of security and predictability (Houck & Siegel, 2015). According to Dror et al (2006), contextual information is defined as, information that provides an understanding of the context of an event or issue. In forensic investigations, contextual information affects most areas of forensic science, from blood…

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 Holmes…

The 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…

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 handling a very serious case whereas…

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…