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    The Baskervilles Thesis

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    the Baskervilles Every day, cases happen in the detective department of a police station. Nobody knows whether the mysteries will be solved or will be known as a mystery forever. Detective skills date back to the 1800’s and people before that most likely used clues to solve mysteries. But even a detective’s assistant can be more important than the officer himself. In the book The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Watson, a detective’s assistant, is set off to Baskerville hall…

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    In The Hound of the Baskerville, Holmes makes appearances only in the beginning and end of the book. John Watson is left for much of the book to find information and make deductions himself. This, however, is not a problem, as Holmes has taught Watson how to look for hidden…

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    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…

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    Holy Clues: The Gospel According to Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a series of amazing books that keep the readers on the edge of their seats from the start to the very end. However, Sherlock Holmes and the Gospel are two different genres that cannot be intertwined. Nevertheless, Kendrick's book, “Holy clues: The gospel according to Sherlock Holmes,” manages to establish a link between the two genres in a rather clever way. While Holmes was not a preacher of any sorts, Kendrick shows that…

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    First of all, a heart symbolizes Christopher Boone’s forgiveness toward his father in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. In the book, Christopher becomes afraid and upset with his father since Mr. Boone killed Wellington, Mrs. Shears’s dog. Christopher was also very fond of Wellington, and Mr. Boone lied about killing Wellington at first. Christopher does not feel safe with his father anymore, so he travels to stay with his mother. At the end of the book, Christopher visits his…

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    Equivocation In Macbeth

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    some of the most successful and famous authors of all time, such as Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and have seen precise and masterful use of equivocation over and over in publications such as Macbeth, The Hound Of The Baskervilles, and “The Cask Of Amontillado”.…

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    Sherlock Holmes was a brilliant detective. He unraveled countless crimes that were too challenging for Scotland Yard to solve. He was responsible for deciphering the legendary “Scandal in Bohemia” as well as “A Study in Scarlet” and “The Hound of the Baskervilles”. He is well known for his intellect and unique behavior. Sadly this brilliant man died on December 20, 1914 at age 60. Sherlock died due to complications of a bullet wound and drug abuse interactions at the Royal London Hospital. He…

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    Arthur Conan Doyle Arthur Doyle wrote over 60 short stories about the notable character Sherlock Holmes, and nearly 200 novels, short stories, poems, historical book and pamphlets. Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born, May 22, 1859 by the parents of Charles and Mary Doyle. Doyle’s father was a drunk and Doyle’s mother, Mary was a passionate reader and story teller, as he says, “In my early childhood, as far as I can remember anything at all, the vivid stories she would tell me stand out so…

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    Miss Stapleton Analysis

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    Domestic violence, also defined in the webster dictionary, as “the inflicting of physical injury by one family or household member on another”. According to the preliminary analysis of WHO’s (World Health Organization) global prevalence database, about 29% of Europe and Central Asia’s women claim they experienced physical or sexual intimate partner violence during their lifetime. While 33% of women in Latin America and the Caribbean women also claim the same. All of this of course was shared…

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    library, when I found that yellow book which looked like jaundice had left it barely alive. The pages were torn and the print was faded, yet the title still stood in big bold letters: The Hound of the Baskervilles. Intrigued, I took the book home, and 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…

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