The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

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 was a math genuis. In the story, The Final Problem, Moriarty says to Sherlock (Sherlock is retelling the conversation he had to John), " 'Well, well,' said he at last. 'It seems a pity, but I have done what I could. I know every move of your game. You can do nothing before Monday. It has been a duel between you and me, Mr. Holmes. You hope to place me in the dock. I tell you that I will never stand in the dock. You hope to beat me. I tell you that you will never beat me. If you are clever enough to bring destruction upon me, rest assured that I shall do as much for you.' " This is one quote is enough to scary anyone and to leave the impression of the person who is a crazy. Sherlock had previously told John that Moriarty was a retired math professor. He was a consulting criminal. At the…

Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes: 37 Short Stories plus a Complete Novel. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle, 1978. Print. The Adventure of the Empty House is one of the short stories that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle writes about Sherlock Holmes. This story tell how Holmes comes back from what everyone thought was his apparent death at the hands of Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. Holmes (in disguise) surprises his faithful companion Dr. John H. Watson after bumping into…

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…

their work. Most famously known as the creator of the character Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a prime example of how authors can draw from past experiences to inspire their writing. The topics and characters seen in the historical and fictional writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle reflect his familial background, his career in the medical field, and his struggle with religion. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born into a dysfunctional family. According to Dr. Diniejko on The Victorian…

encounters between Holmes and Professor Moriarty and Holmes’s conclusion in solving this narratives’ problem. Concepts that will be used include ideas related to Russian Formalism, and Structuralism. With Russian Formalism, motivation is a key concept that will be discussed. Then, with Structuralism, aside from the basic units of the narrative such as functions and indices, order and duration are thoroughly analyzed. The speaker of this narrative is Watson, Holmes’s partner…

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.…

In how much danger can a person be? Arthur Conan Doyle can answer this question in his famous book The Hound of the Baskervilles. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson solve the mystery of a curse placed on the Baskerville family. It will hunt them down until all of them die. The curse deals with a scary hound that will kill any Baskerville walking in the moor in Devonshire. Henry Baskerville is the last heir of his family alive. What will happen when he goes to this spooky place? Henry’s bravery,…

British author Mark Haddon wrote the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The story revolves around a young boy called Christopher John Francis Boone who investigates the murder of a neighbor’s dog, which leads him to a journey that will change his life forever. Despite his mental illness, he learns to face the difficulties of his world and to be capable of everything he can do. Because of these unique characteristics, I find this book one of the best books I have ever read.…

Rational: The Curious of the dog in the night-time is a novel written by Mark Haddon. This book, published in 2003. The main character is Christopher, who has a mental problem suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome. I am going to write a day, Christopher’s diary when he finds out his favorite teacher (Siobhan) has left and she sends a letter to him. I will start a Christopher’s diary with a quite good day and when he receives a letter, which the color of this letter is his favorite. Then I’ll show…

Comparing Sherlock Holmes with Christopher Boone Did Sherlock Holmes himself encounter any form of autism? Do you think Sherlock Holmes and Christopher Boone encounter differences instead of sharing similarities? Sherlock Holmes was known as a famous autistic detective in the 1800 's (Sherlock Holmes biography). It was unclear how he could solve crimes on such little knowledge of the information. Sherlock Holmes was not autistic. For a long time, everyone was sure he had a case of the…