A Scandal In Belgravia Comparison

The short story of “A Scandal in Bohemia” by Conan Doyle relates to the BBC crime drama series Sherlock episode “A Scandal in Belgravia”. BBC crime drama was filmed based on the short story that Conan Doyle wrote. The film and the text is based on a similar concept, but contains different details of information. There are three comparisons that is easily identified such as theme, characters and setting. These differences make the text and the film different.

One of the comparison is theme, and how the different format represents it. There is two theme in the text such as, blackmail and esteem. The text represents Irene Alder trying to blackmail the king by revealing his photograph. Therefore, when king is about to get married, Irene would reveal the compromising photograph of the king. This was the theme of the text, 3 men trying to stop blackmail. However, the film represents it in a different way. In the film, Irene Alder has the photography, but she doe not have any intension of blackmailing Sherlock Holmes’s client. Also in the film, king is not addressed, and only described as Sherlock’s secret client that he assumes it is from upper class. But Sherlock’s brother Mycroft Holmes knows that something important information about the government is inside

And Sherlock easily catches where Irene has hidden the photograph. John is amazed of Sherlock’s work and he esteems Sherlock. From the beginning of the story, John is amazed by Sherlock’s work and how he keeps that up. John feeling esteem about Sherlock’s work makes him want to follow Sherlock’s crime situations. It makes the story flow in a respectful way. But in the text John’s esteem moves on to Alder, because she is the woman who tricked the great Sherlock Holmes. However, in the film, Irene gets defeated by Sherlock and John’s esteem does not move away like the text. John remains to respect Sherlock’s ability to