The Modern View of Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes Stories
How successful is Conan Doyle in writing detective fiction that
appeals to a modern reader?
Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories were written in the Victorian
times and were based on some events in his life. Sherlock Holmes was
based around a friend Dr Joseph bell, who would deduce injuries just
by looking at them.
People enjoy Crime fiction because in detective stories , like
crosswords, you have to figure out the clues to the problem, also it
makes the reader feel they are working alongside the detective. The
stories build up tension and suspense to make people feel on the edge
of they’re seats. Conan Doyle use’s many different techniques to write
good stories for example he uses personification, to describe
settings, imaginative characters etc… Doyle makes his characters
resemble animals, this is so the reader can immediately identify the
hero, villain and victim.
One of the factors that enables readers to appreciate Sherlock Holmes
stories is Watson, His role as narrator is important because he asks
the questions that the reader wants to know. For example in the red-
headed league Watson asks,
“But how could you guess what the motive was?”
This shows us that even Watson cant get to the solution, like the
reader, but somehow Holmes can, he asks what the reader is thinking,
this gives Holmes the chance to show off his intelligence when he
explains how he knew what had happened and what was going to happen.
Watson is admired by Holmes
“This gentleman( Watson) has been my partner and helper in many of my
most successful cases.”
This shows Homes respects Watson and thinks of Watson as a massive
help to him in all his cases, and needs Watson to help in solving the
mystery, this is proved when Holmes says “some of my most successful
cases.”
The structure of Conan Doyle’s stories also adds tension, suspense and
excitement. All stories follow a outline. They have a situation a
How does Conan Doyle present the character of Watson in the Sherlock Holmes stories? Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh and was educated at Stony Hurst College and the University of Edinburgh. From 1882 to 1890 he practiced medicine in Southsea, England. His first novel, A Study in Scarlet, the first of 60 stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, appeared in 1887. this helped boost the start of the crime genre.
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