Did Sherlock Holmes Help Or Hinder His Deductive Work?

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1. What are the eccentricities of Sherlock Holmes? Sherlock Holmes is a unique character, extremely intelligent, acutely observant, with great listening skills, important characteristics for a detective. Sherlock Holmes is a master of disguises and relentless in his ability to solve a case. However, in social circles he is basically aloof; his only friend is Dr. Watson. Holmes plays his Strad violin in the very early hours of the morning but enjoys sleeping in. Holmes is always neatly dressed and extremely fond of his long tweed coat with an attached cape which he takes meticulous care of, always hanging it on a peg when he is not wearing it, having it cleaned twice a year and even removing it in precarious situations so it is not ruined. To combat bouts of ennui, Holmes indulged in the use of cocaine and morphine; he also enjoyed alcohol and smoked using a calabash pipe. 2. Do they help or hinder his deductive work? …show more content…

Holmes intelligence allowed him to be self-assured in his work, with his boundless knowledge. I believe his violin playing, in the early morning hours, was his way to mentally recap ongoing events in a case, while enjoying soothing music, as well as his indulgence in pipe smoking to relax. The precise care the way he dressed was definitely a plus in his deductive work for it showed his particular care for details. Holmes’ ability to disguise himself, allowed him to be an integral part of his cases while observing and gathering information, as a spectator in plain sight. I think Holmes’ use of drugs, on occasion, was not a help or a hinder to his work, but a mere outlet for what he believed was his mundane view of life without a challenge, an ongoing case to

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