The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

-Noël Coward Sherlock Holmes was a story written about London in the 1800s. It described crime in that time period and how it was dealt with. However, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was inaccurate in his writing. Sherlock was a brilliant detective, and he always solved the case. However, London in the 1800s was very dangerous, and the police were useless. This made London the perfect place for crime. There were unsolved murder trials, terrible police forces, and public executions. Sherlock was a…

SELECTED TEXT CHAPTER IX. Second Report of Dr. Watson THE LIGHT UPON THE MOOR Baskerville Hall, Oct. 15th. My dear Holmes: If I was compelled to leave you without much news during the early days of my mission you must acknowledge that I am making up for lost time, and that events are now crowding thick and fast upon us. In my last report I ended upon my top note with Barrymore at the window, and now I have quite a budget already which will, unless I am much mistaken, considerably surprise you.…

The validity of a profile can be changed extremely because of the issue with instinct and intuition. With this, one can conclude that profiling may not be the best way to identify the offender. In a chapter of a book, named Contemporary Problems in Criminal Profiling, John Kocsis and George Palermo imply, “They have focused on the blurred borderlines between instinct/intuition and the scientific procedures adopted by the profiler, which may influence the entire…

The episode of Sherlock that I will be analyzing is series 1 episode 3, called “The Great Game.” In this episode, Sherlock is sent by an unknown person to solve a number of mysteries and he is given a specific amount of time for each one. If he does not solve one in time, then a bomb strapped to an innocent person is activated, killing dozens of people. After successfully solving the crimes he is confronted by his archenemy Moriarty, the man behind all of the felonies. The episode ends with a…

Watson. Conan Doyle’s most apparent style in all of his detective Sherlock Holmes novels was his extensive use of adjectives to give better a detail to us, also the story is told in a liner, first-person point of view of Dr. Watson. With attention to Dr. Watson in his stories, he makes Watson recount a tale in a mysterious…

be analyzed. There are many reasons why this novel is our choice to work with. Reasons such as its fame, which awakened our interest as we wanted to know why was this novel so acclaimed or its easy-to-read format. However, what makes us select this book is its amazing plot and the remarkable author Agatha Christie. In this paper, the focus is on features that we consider especially outstanding. The methodology used in the paper is using our thoughts on different topics related to the novel and…

Holmes/Scarpetta Project- The Valley of Fear What discipline was involved? Digital Forensics (cryptology)- The process of encrypting messages and examining digital media forensically to find, analyze, and present facts and opinions. What was the equipment used? The ciphers represent the pages of previous editions of Whitaker's Almanack. The first number represented the page number in the Almanac. The second number, C2, was the column number on the page in the book. The numbers that…

for I felt it too. “You always call when I’m sleeping,” a thunderous, and sinister, rumble called out to us from a cavity in the ceiling. It vibrated the walls causing an unseen roost of bats to scatter. “Cover yourself, Watson!” Holmes shouted; baring his face with is arms as the winged rats spiraled toward their unseen master while roaches and spiders the size of my fist rained down upon us. “They may be venomous.” We shook of the last, flailing wildly, stepping, crushing,…

With the invention of the printing press, the demand for books skyrocketed, and led to the creation of pulp magazines. To some these magazines were not “serious” literature standard, as often times they were printed on low quality paper, sold cheaply (dime magazines), and in locations like drug stores and train stations. B. Psychoanalytic critics were particularly interested in the horror genre for its uncanny characteristics. The story deals in the realm of the id and ego battling it out.…

• Christopher runs into Mrs. Alexander while going to a store. She is unsure to answer his question when he asks her if Mr. Shear killed his mother. When Christopher tells her his mother is dead she gets shocked and tells him that she shouldn't be telling this to him but she going to tell him but first, she said let`s walk to the park, which Christopher doesn't want to do because she is a stranger to him. • “I`m scared of being in the park with you because you’re a stranger” (61). •…