The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes and his partner, John Watson, stolled up the lane and stopped at a door marked 21C, which was shaded by an old magnolia tree. “I think this place looks like the one.” said Watson to Sherlock. “Hmm, I think this place looks like a ruddy shack,” says Sherlock. “I don’t think anyone let alone the president of the biggest industry in London would live here.” Sherlock knocked on the door and got no answer. “I think this is a time for non formalities.” pronounced Sherlock and then he…

benefit from each other. They depend on each other’s strengths and they are often willing to overlook any existing differences. The commonly understood idea of friendship makes it difficult for readers to understand the existing friendship between Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson. Doyle’s representation of their friendship in The Hound of the Baskervilles is fascinating since the two are separated for a long period in the novel. The kind of friendship that exists between the two friends is…

“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes”, a famous quote from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes series; the series that inspired hundreds and thousands of curious readers to make the fictional concept of solving a crime using powerful substances into a real and tangible science that can be applied in real life. This elaborate discipline is called forensic science, and has become a large part of law enforcement and due process of criminal…

Introduction: In the field of Forensics Science when dealing with the death of an individual there are three concepts that must be identified: cause, manner and mechanism of death. It is the job of the forensic investigators to help tell the story of the victims deaths by paying attention to detail and having a keen eye. According to James, Nordby and Bell, “drawing such conclusions depends on the information grained from investigations, descriptions of the death scene, case histories and…

Critical Analysis of Forensic Document Examination The history of document examination is said to have started with an individual named Albert S. Osborn. He was a penmanship instructor and was chronicled as a document examiner in 1887 (Ubelaker, 2012, p. 234). He wrote several books and articles on examining documents and giving expert testimony, with, perhaps his most notable work being Questioned Documents from 1910 (Ubelaker, 2012, p. 234). The title of the book, Questioned Documents,…

Hounds of Baskerville by Arthur Conan Doyle, features the well-known Sherlock Holmes and his trusty partner, John Watson. The two are settled in many stories, books, and television shows but in this instance, they are in a detective novel. The novel, narrated by John Watson, tells a detective journey in which townsman Charles Baskerville is supposed to be killed by a hound that is left by the curse of Hugo Baskerville. Sherlock is called upon by the nephew of Sir Charles Baskerville, Sir Henry…

Holmes believed that doctors make the best criminals, because of one case in particular. That case was the one of Miss Helen Stones. Holmes must have wondered about all of the effort and planning that Helens step father put into carrying out his evil plan. Why he wanted to murder his step daughters was easy to understand. There mother died and they recieved her money, when they got married. But he was not going to let that happen. He wanted their money. Helen told the story of her…

lapse of both Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock exploits moral tolerances in pursuit of the greater good. Throughout the progression of novel and film, both Ritchie and Doyle utilize Sherlock’s path of destruction to emphasize a prevailing cataclysmic culture and acclimation to violence over time throughout America. Without the use of excessive force, Doyle’s rendition of Sherlock Holmes has no arduousness…

In October 1892, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle introduced Sherlock Holmes - the world’s first consulting detective. In his lifetime, the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published four novels and five volumes of short stories about the detective. Holmes’s cases involve a range of …. from cracking codes to preventing political scandal and international turmoil. He apprehends the common thief and aspires to defeat Europe’s most dangerous criminal mastermind. Although each case is unique, they can be…

I have always been intrigued and fascinated by television shows where forensic and genetic analysis is used to help solve crimes and aid in other legal situations. After receiving my biology degree, I decided I wanted to seriously consider a career in the forensic science field. I have reviewed forensic scientist positions at various job sites and realize that I must continue my education to pursue the types of jobs that appeal to me. I am interested in helping local law enforcement solve crimes…