Topic Number 3 and 4 Sherlock Holmes, a fictional character that was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is arguably the most famous detective among the history of crime fictions. Appearing in the book A Study in Scarlet first, Sherlock has been protagonist at movies since the 1920s. As the era changes, different actors revealed different Sherlock Holmes in movies and TV shows. Jeremy Brett’s Sherlock in Sherlock Holmes, 1984 TV Series, remains popular after years. Robert Downey Jr. brings a more
the readers. When employed properly, the different literary devices help readers to appreciate, interpret and analyze a literary work. Hello, I am Miya Cole and today I will explain to you my four literary terms/devices. My First term/device is Memoir. Memoir, meaning memory or reminiscence, is a written factual
Sherlock Holmes: Logician or Theseologist? I propose to devote my declining years to the composition of a textbook which shal focus the whole art of detection into one volume. —Sherlock Holmes in The Adventure of the Abbey Grange He is a Logician A logician studies the way we ought to reason; she is interested in the distinction between corect reasoning and incorect reasoning. Although we al reason and are often interested in whether our reasoning is valid we are not a l logicians because
Discussing The Speckled Band and Lamb to the slaughter. British writer, creator Sherlock Holmes, the best-known detective in literature and the embodiment of sharp reasoning. Doyle himself was not a good example of rational personality: he believed in fairies and was interested in occultism. Sherlock Holmes stories have been translated into more than fifty languages, and made into plays, films, radio and television series, a musical comedy, a ballet, cartoons, comic books, and advertisement
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. For a while he finished the stories, but with debts and great public
Analyse the stories of Sherlock Holmes in terms of their narrative structure and the way they follow a set pattern. All of the Holmes stories follow a set pattern and have a similar narrative structure. These can be categorized for example Holmes being upset for a client would go in the category of emotions and secrets. The beginning of Sherlock Holmes stories is usually set at 221b Baker Street, which is Holmes residence. This is because his clients report a crime to him at his house
but also of science fiction and fantasy, horror, historical fiction, political tomes and polemics” (Womack 1-2). Doyle became an amazing author. He wrote “twenty-one novels and over 150 short stories. He also published nonfiction, essays, articles, memoirs and three volumes of poetry” (Victorian). He received his love for stories from his mother, Mary Doyle. She had a huge love for books and would read him stories in such a beautiful and sweet tone (sherlockholmesonline). She also made him read chivalric
Although Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is often regarded as just an author, he was much more. His works were inspired by the times and the people he met, and his literary influence remains relevant today. On May 22, 1859 Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland to Charles and Mary Doyle. He was their third child, and one of ten children all together. Charles Doyle was a political cartoonist and civil servant who earned only £300 per year, so money was very tight in the household. Partially
Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is perhaps his most influential work in that it was his first work featuring Chevalier Auguste Dupin, a singular and intellectual man, whose characterization has been recreated and enjoyed numerous times throughout American literature and entertainment. His most admirable features are his intellect and creativity which allow him to deduce facts from observations. These key characteristics have reappeared in the works of many authors and
Watson’s narration encompasses the collective stories of the three main male characters and their characterization of Irene Adler. Therefore, his failure is equally theirs and points to a larger failure of the masculine discourse to properly identify and codify the Woman. With the theory of optics in mind as well as the narrative structural patterns in secrete histories as a guide, we can conclude that Watson, and therefore the masculine discourse, fails as an accurate observer because the information
“Books are uniquely portable magic,” Stephen King wrote on “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft”. I quite agree with this view. In retrospect, the genres of books which I read gradual vary as my age periods. Additionally, those books which I have read browsed my horizon and improved my understanding ability to some degree. As a preteen, my parents thought that reading as a good hobbit needed to be foster from my childhood. Therefore, I had a bedtime for stories since I was three years old. My
DR. ROBERT ANDERSON Proposed as a suspect by Stephen Knight in the 1976 book – Jack the Ripper The Final Solution, and as a co-conspirator by Melvyn Fairclough in the 1991 book – The Ripper and the Royals. Dr. (later Sir) Robert Anderson was born in Mountjoy Square, Dublin, Ireland 29 May 1841. The son of Crown Solicitor, Matthew Anderson. Brought up in a devout Christian home. Educated privately in Dublin, Boulogne and Paris. On leaving school, Anderson began a business apprenticeship in a large
Ray Bradbury once said “You grow ravenous. You run fevers. You know exhilarations. You can 't sleep at night, because your beast-creature ideas want out and turn you in your bed. It is a grand way to live.” Bradbury is expressing that our demons can inspire us. Perhaps one of the greatest artists to use his demons to inspire and create is Edgar Allan Poe. Poe used his tragic past, depression, and awareness of the darker side of life, to fuel pioneering and dark new style of writing. This caused