The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Hound of the Baskervilles: Movie vs. Book The Hound of the Baskervilles, written by Sir Conan Doyle, has a movie adaptation. The Hound of the Baskervilles is a thrilling movie adaptation to the book. The Hound of the Baskervilles is about how Sherlock Holmes solves the mystery of the hound that haunts the Baskerville family. It is one of the most famous and celebrated works Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ever wrote. Although movies are supposed to be very similar to the book, in this case they are…

The history and breakdown of the forensic science career is a very extensive one that has a lot of standstills for long periods of time, but with that comes very many breakthroughs. Forensic scientists have a very hard and very important job, and many people have no idea about the risks it takes to become one, or to determine one’s innocence in a court of law. 1. Dating all the way back to 2698 B.C, forensic science started, accidentally, by a man named Shen Nung. Shen had tasted a documented…

popular works of fiction such as A Study in Scarlet, the first Sherlock Holmes story, in which the famous detective Sherlock Holmes mentions Poe by name while comparing his methods of deductive reasoning to Poe’s own detective, Dupin, to his partner John Watson: "It is simple enough as you explain it," I said, smiling. "You remind me of Edgar Allan Poe's Dupin. I had no idea that such individuals did exist outside of stories." Sherlock Holmes rose and lit his pipe. "No doubt you think…

The story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” by Sir Conan Doyl features Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Helen Stoner, and Dr. Roylott trying to solve a mystery. The story takes place at Stoke Moran, Dr. Ryolott’s mansion, in April, 1883. Helen Stoner visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to see if the detectives could solve her case. Helen tells Sherlock that her sister, Julia, died before she was married and now Helen fears that she could possibly die the same way. Helen does not know what had…

To know about phenomenon refraction you must learn the meaning of the word and how is does it apply to forensics science. Refraction is when the waves bend as they pass from one medium to another, when that happen, it cause the waves to have a change in their speed. When a series of waves create an angle traveling toward the new medium, one side will change speed before the other side, causing the waves to turn toward the slower side this is known as a phenomenon. Phenomenon is associated with…

scenes there are different sides to Holmes, proving his humanity and how he is a sensible friend. Such as when Watson was going to investigate the Baskerville estate and Holmes says “ It's an ugly business, Watson, an ugly, dangerous business, and the more I see of it the less I like it. Yes, my dear fellow, you may laugh, but I give you my word that I shall be very glad to have you back safe and sound in Baker Street once more (Doyle 73).” Proving that Holmes, while arrogant, is still…

Rear Window is based on a story from the February 1942 issue of Dime Detective Magazine called "It Had to be Murder", written by Cornell Woolrich (under the pseudonym William Irish). Alfred Hitchcock, who was a longtime fan of Woolrich's pulp thrillers, was taken by the piece, but his goal in adapting it for the screen was to unify the narrative. Jeff doesn't have a girlfriend in Woolrich's version - Hitchcock and screenwriter John Michael Hayes added that in. They also invented Jeff's job as a…

In the book the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon find out many characteristics of Christopher. Christopher, the main character, has a disease called autism, which makes him not understand a lot of things. His disease makes him become even more brilliant, it also helps him become capable of understanding a lot more than a normal teenage boy. Christopher is a 15 year old boy who lives with his father. In the novel Christopher finds his neighbor’s dog dead in the…

Sherlock and Elementary Whoever is a Sherlock Holmes fan, has at least heard of the modern TV series that started, and are about the life of the famous Londoner Detective. I’m talking about the BBC’s Sherlock and CBS’s Elementary. Sherlock is a series started by BBC with its first episode in July 2010. There is this modern detective called Sherlock Holmes, he’s tall, handsome looking guy, who is an asocial sociopath, whose deducting skills are extraordinaire but his social skills are the…

Profiling has been used around the world for hundreds of years. Many people do not realize that they use profiling in their everyday lives. From watching one’s body language to looking at one’s appearance, profiling is used all of the time by ordinary people. When profiling is applied to a crime scene it is known as criminal profiling. Criminal profiling is considered an investigative tool used by law enforcement in order to identify suspects or prevent future crimes of an offender from…