Detective Must Be Memorable Detectives need to be clever and wise to set them apart from the crowd around them. Detectives must catch the reader’s attention so they will be remembered throughout the story. If a detective is memorable, readers will look back at what they did to solve a crime and apply it to other investigations.
The Speckled Band In “The Speckled Band” Sherlock Holmes helps a damsel in distress. Helen Stoner is in danger of being murdered by her step father Dr. Roylott, and if Holmes does not come to her rescue she will end up like her sister Julia, dead. Holmes is able to save Helen from her ruthless step father, and at the same time find out how her sister Julia was murdered. With Holmes protecting Helen from danger he is
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Readers learn of a mystery where a maid and a butler go missing after the butler is found rummaging through some family documents of Reginald Musgrave. What makes Holmes stand out is how he goes about in solving the Musgrave’s family ritual. Holmes even tells Watson, “I was already firmly convinced, Watson, that there were not three separate mysteries here, but one only, and that if I could read the Musgrave Ritual aright, I should hold in my hand the clue which would lead me to the truth concerning both the butler Brunton, and the maid Howells” (Doyle, 1994, pp. 206- 207). It seems that Holmes has already solved the mystery even without doing any investigations against the disappearances of the maid and butler. However, the thing that makes Holmes memorable is how he was not able to find the missing maid. Sherlock Holmes stands out because he was able to solve the Musgrave Ritual when Reginald Musgrave himself could not, and how he was not able to find the maid because when you think of Sherlock Holmes you imagine someone who does not let people slip past his …show more content…
During “The Final Problem” Sherlock Holmes is trying to crack down on the biggest criminals in all of London, Professor Moriarty. However, when Moriarty threatens Holmes and has some of his agents try to kill him, Holmes wants to go on a little escape to try and avoid Moriarty’s wrath. This is what makes Holmes so unique. One investigation he runs toward danger, and the next time he is running away from it. If that was not enough Moriarty even traps Holmes and attempts to murder him after he has caught all of his agents. It is weird how Holmes think because he even foreshadows that something like this might happen to him and tells Watson in his letter he writes to him. Holmes writes to Watson, “…if I may make a full confession to you, I was quite convinced that the letter from Meiringen was a hoax, and I allowed you to depart on that errand under the persuasion that some development of this sort would follow” (Doyle, 1994, p. 228). Sherlock Holmes becomes memorable in “The Final Problem” because everyone presumes he was murdered by the most cunning man in all of London, and how he did nothing to stop Moriarty from murdering him after he knows that Moriarty will come looking for him after he caught all of his
(The adventure of the speckled band) The two also differ in other ways, for example although Holmes is intellectually gifted he lacks the contact of friends, this shows him as a loner. On the other hand, Watson, being the average man, has friends and later in... ... middle of paper ... ... olmes gives us the information that Watson didn’t see and tells us the rest of the case. In my opinion, the best of the Sherlock Holmes stories is The Last
Holmes and Watson were to guard Helen from a mysterious whistle she heard in the early morning, every single morning. The whistle she heard was the same whistle that Julia (her sister) had heard when she came upon her fate. The night that they were going to investigate, they stayed in Helen’s room; Julia’s old room. They woke up to the whistle and Holmes smacked the snake in the face. The snake ended up going back into Dr. Roylott’s room and killing him by venom. Helen was saved by Holmes in the situation where she would have been murdered by her own father and let her be married with no interference. Holmes, however, could have done another action that did not include hitting the snake and making it bite Dr. Roylott. Holmes had banged the snake in the head, which caused it to be aggravated and bite the first person it saw. Holmes could not have predicted where Dr. Roylott was sitting in his
On page 39, it describes the moment in which bullies from his school force him to go face to face with a skeleton in a doctor’s office. Such a terrible experience truly could have scarred Holmes, but at the same time his comfortability with an representation of death could have prompted his killer roots. Also, the “accidental” death of Holmes’s childhood friend, at an event that Holmes was present, was another red flag in terms of potentially becoming a psychopath. We learn more of Holmes’s younger upbringing through the text in which it states,"He drifted through childhood as a small, odd, and exceptionally bright boy....in the cruel imaginations of his peers, he became prey" (Larson, 38) Holmes was essentially an outcast, a person who has been rejected by society or a social group. He was the target of many because of his oddness and rather unique characteristics. With no solid upbringing, and a probable fascination with death, Holmes was bound to be the infamous serial killer he became in his future.
In the movie Holmes, in the beginning, was much more prideful and rude to Watson and people in general, but later on, Holmes was a lot nicer and somewhat humble at least compared to the book. This difference made the viewer feel less liking of the character of Holmes and it almost seemed that the director tried to save Holmes’s character by making him nicer at the ending. The difference had a big impact on the feeling of the movie because it felt that he was so stuck up he was rather unapproachable. ...
With all of the women in Holmes’ life it would seem Holmes had every opportunity given to him to settle down and live a normal life. So why would he continue down the path he was? Out of all the women in Holmes’ life it was his second wife, Myrtle Z. Bellman’s father Holmes tried to swindle and kill, he was unsuccessful (America’s Serial Killers).
Exploring the Reasons Behind the Popularity of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Stories Although not a real detective, the character of Sherlock Holmes gave the general public a sense of security because in the stories he is seen to solve cases quite easily, such as in "The Man With The Twisted Lip." Watson says "I wish I knew how you reached your results" and Holmes replies, "I reached this one, by sitting upon five pillows and consuming an ounce of shag. " This gives the readers a sense of security because it seems as if Holmes makes no effort to solve the crimes but they are still solved with the minimum of fuss. At the time of writing the concept of detectives was new, and when the stories were written there was almost no confidence in the police force. This point is brought up in "The Man With The Twisted lip," the police force caught a criminal and then proceeded to let him go.
A detective is vital in an effective detective story because arguably there would not be a story and a detective to restore law and order and the villain/criminal would not be caught. Whereas it there was a detective it would have been a different story. A typical detective should be smart, observant, manipulative, and analytic and should have a good sense of justice. Sherlock Holmes has all of these elements to fight crime. Sherlock Holmes has the typical elements as a normal detective in classical detective fiction for example he is observant “Sherlock Holmes’s quick ...
...he met the detective, fell victim to Moriarty’s games. “Moriarty is playing with your mind too. Can’t you see what’s going on!” (Sherlock). During Holmes’ last days before his faked suicide, he pleads with John to see reason through Jim’s manipulations, as does Desdemona with Othello’s accusations. Even Sherlock’s oldest friend Detective Inspector Greg Lestrade was doubting Holmes’ credibility.
The idea of a detective who solves every crime would appeal highly to a Victorian readership. Also, all the clues are given to the reader which invites them to solve the crime as well. To help me answer this question, I will refer to three Sherlock Holmes Stories; "The Speckled Band", "Silver Blaze" and "The Cardboard Box". These three stories are all very different, only two of them are murders. "
An examination of Sherlock Holmes' abilities and techniques. allied to his personal characteristics, enable him to solve crimes. There are many reasons to explain why Sherlock Holmes is one of the world's most famous fictional detectives. However, the main reason for This is that not only are the stories complex, but the actual character of Sherlock Holmes has extreme depth, with some subtle. elements of his character only becoming apparent when he is in certain situations.
He too uses forensic methods. of investigation like a scientist, and also uses scientific tools. such as a convex lens. Holmes unravels myths with his ‘swift’. intuitions,’ like many other scientists of the time, such as Darwin.
He convinced so many people to do so many things for him. When people think of a male being manipulative, many assume he was just doing it to women so he could take advantage, but Holmes manipulated everyone. He was a smooth talker and had his own way of getting things done. When he needed workers to build his “hotel” he would hire them, but act in such a way that they would quit and he would not have to pay them. He figured out that he could keep doing this over and over until his building was completely erect.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson’s involvement in the mystery progressed after the aggressive encounter with Dr. Roylott at Holmes’ residence. The situation became serious after the unveiling of a distinct threat, Dr. Roylott. Helen Stoner, Dr. Watson, and Sherlock Holmes formulated a strategic plan to stage an investigation of Stoke Moran without Dr. Roylott’s knowing. The procedure would involve the detectives to sneak into Stoke Moran undetected; even though, Dr. Roylott would be in the room next to them.
Despite this critical description of Holmes, Watson never gives true indication that Holmes is truly a burden to live with. Quixote, by comparison, led a relatively quiet and unassuming life until his madness began. He is described as being, “an early riser and a lover of hunting10.” Quixote’s life after the madness took hold, however, was completely turned upside down by his various travels across Spain, the fights he had with imaginary devils and the problems he caused his friends who were trying to look out for his safety. Because of all this, despite whatever good intention he may have had, Quixote could
What did you do, then? You made some small job in my lady’s room-you and your confederate Cusack-and you managed that he should be the man sent for.” In this way, Holmes is presented as a seemingly all-knowing man, which does much to describe Holmes without calling the detective a genius outright. By limiting the clarity of the evidence presented at the very beginning and following