Alessandra Stanley Analysis

While Sherlock Homes matched Dr. Joseph Bell’s physical characteristics; Watson’s characteristics closely resemble Doyle himself. “That tall, keen, aquiline-nosed young man in no way resembles the Watson-like Doyle” (Leibow 9). The author of this work clearly believes and hypothesizes the idea that Doyle cast himself into the Sherlock Holmes stories as the character Watson. “Dr. John H. Watson is the fictional character in Sherlock Holmes that helps assist the detective with deduction, reasoning, and plotting. Watson is not only Holmes’ friend and assistant; he is also a frequent and independent character who is a medical physician. The character Watson is given a background story that helps set up an understanding of who he is. We learn that

...o enhance the personality and behaviors of another. By describing Sherlock as a cold, calculative, crime solving machine leading us to outwardly see an icy exterior, but to expand upon that with the use of introducing a dynamic that reflects the internal operations of his mind. Be that he had no real emotional attachment to the people he interacted with, other than Watson it seems, he developed a perceived relationship through his adoration of specific traits through conan doyles use of the subcharacters. Showing that Sherlock not only seemed a complicated cold man, but one who has the ability to admire people for their intellectual capabilities, not their crimes. Conan Doyles use of sub characters to expand upon and make the readers infer their own thoughts about who the character that they are reading about truly is. Not just the descriptions given by the author.

“Good show, Watson!” John Watson, and his role model Sherlock Holmes are characters from Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous Sherlock Holmes Series. Young Sherlock Holmes is a movie that recreated the first time that Sherlock and Watson become friends. The characters in this movie, Young Sherlock Holmes, are that of many. Of course there was Sherlock Holmes himself and his apprentice John Watson, but also there was others. Including Sherlock’s love interest, Elizabeth Hardy; the professor, Professor Rathe; and the nurse, Mrs. Dribb. In the movie, it shows the first time Watson and Holmes meet. Right away, Holmes is shown to be a student with very high intelligence. When citizens start having mental breaks and committing suicides, Holmes starts to suspect something. He rushes down to the police station, and tells the lead detective that he believes that something is wrong, but the detective just blows it off. After Sherlock finds a clue that leads him to an egyptian cult, he gets himself and his friends into trouble. Arthur Conan Doyle has written many other works that included important characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Brigadier Gerard and Professor Challenger (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Literary Estate). If the film, Young Sherlock Holmes, is historically correct compared to the novels written by Arthur Conan Doyle, then the film could be used to learning purposes.

Have you ever seen the BBC series “Sherlock”? What about “Tinker Tailor Soldier”, or “Hawking”? One man appearing in all of those programs has become very well known over the course of the past few years. Even today, he acts in many series and movies. His name is Benedict Cumberbatch, and his tale is an interesting and humbling one.

Over the years since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the character Sherlock Holmes and wrote a collection of stories of the detective, there have been many television adaptations of his Sherlock Holmes stories. Currently in the 21st century there are two most commonly watched, a Sherlock, BBC version of Sherlock Holmes, and Elementary, US version of Sherlock Holmes. Most of whom have read the stories have read them when they were college students, but after reading the book they wonder which version is best to watch in hope that one is true to what they read. After watching BBC Sherlock and Elementary I noticed they are different in many ways based on adaptation, characters, Sherlock and Watson, and fidelity, but only one is true and best to watch for readers of the original.

In BBC’s episodes of Sherlock, “The Blind Banker”, “The Great Game”, and “A Scandal in Belgravia”, the writers changed some of the source materials of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Dancing Men”, “The Bruce-Partington Plans”, and “A Scandal in Bohemia”, in order to modernize some of the central themes of the stories. The writers of Sherlock kept the material that would continue to resonate with the modern viewers of the show as passionately as Doyle intended to have his novels resonate with his Victorian audience. The changes that were made bring out other, more pertinent themes to modern society, while still keeping most of Doyle’s original messages intact. Naturally, there are some differences that will be present in these works due to the decision of the writers of the television series to bring Sherlock into the modern era in terms of setting. These differences and the changes made to the existing source material are not meant to take away from Doyle’s work, but add to it and encourage the audience to connect to the characters and adventures of the works.

He is the characters Sherlock Holmes, Khan, Stephen Strange, and Smaug the tTerrible. He has played historical figures such as Vincent Van Gogh, Stephen Hawking, and Alan Turing. This famous actor, who was born and raised in London, England, is close mates with other famous British stars such as Martin Freeman and Tom Hiddleston. Not only is he a friend to those actors, but he is a son, a husband, and a father as well. He is also in an actor who has taken roles in a number of fandoms, with several fangirls involved. By now, if you have seen or heard of one or more of these movies, you may have guessed who this famous star is. If you have guessed that it is Benedict Cumberbatch, then you have guessed right. Although his long name can be quite

When considering the extent to which Guy Richie’s 2009 film, ‘Sherlock Holmes’ fulfils the conventions of crime/murder mystery genre you must look at his plot and how he has incorporated all the conventions so the movie is portrayed in the crime/murder mystery genre. Given that Sherlock Holmes is the most famous and well – known detective character in all of history, Guy Ritchie would have needed to meet certain audience expectations of how Sherlock Holmes would be portrayed and he would have also been required to approach all the conventions from a crime/murder mystery influence. Ritchie has especially fulfilled the character and iconography conventions because of the expectations that audiences will have about their traditional

The manner in which humans find entertainment in art such as, books or movies often correlate to the degree to which they relate to the art form. The acclaim for a The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a series of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the Victorian era and the motion picture Sherlock Holmes from America in the 21st Century reflect the standing morals and society of the time periods. Both the novel and movie are a product of the current society, world and values of their time.

I liked Sherlock Holmes more than Hercules Poirot because I find Holmes more entertaining to read because I feel more engaged within his adventures. The reason I feel more involved is because his stories seem more creative and gives a more detailed picture of the experience that is happening. I also am more attracted to the stories written about Holmes, in ‘The Major Stories with Contemporary Critical Essays,’ because each story was different and it kept my curiosity peeked. I felt the need and urge to keep reading because it entertained my learning process and interest.

The ingredients lacking for this master detective is fulfilled with the help of Dr. John H. Watson’s (Martin John Christopher Freeman) as a perfect foil for Holmes. Often he is called a perfect exemplar of a man compared to Sherlock’s clammy, intricate, and slightly Asperger (which I can almost relate to) personality. Let us not forget Holmes’s arch nemesis the antagonist, Prof. James Moriarty (Andrew Scott), the darkest and most networked psycho the world has ever experienced. Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a near-perfect illustration of one of my favorite characters, and as the protagonist uses sensory and inductive reasoning to solve crimes that are either unsolvable to everyone else and/or time sensitive.

Charlotte Holmes is an eccentric, vibrant, and young detective all while being practically a mirror image of her great-great-great grandfather, Sherlock Holmes. Her brilliant, sharp mind allows her to sleuth even better than the official detectives assigned to her case. Charlotte also has an unspoken authority in her friendship with Jamie Watson, who is, coincidentally, the great-great-great grandson of Dr. Watson. In many ways, Charlotte fulfills, revamps, and modernizes the detective role that her great-great-great grandfather took on all those years ago. Charlotte goes above and beyond fulfilling Sherlock’s legacy because, firstly, while Sherlock chose sleuthing on his own, Charlotte was pushed into the career by her family. It is very admirable

Sherlock Holmes should be in the canon; it has value above other novels because it uses concepts and ideas that are different and engaging. It includes both simple and more complicated themes such as friendship and oppression due to the police which create more discussion points, which other novels in the canon do not. The novel involves not only a skilfully constructed main plot, but also the co-existence of this plot with sub-plots which mirror and highlight the events and themes in the main plot. The novel portrays Conan-Doyle’s religious and political standing for example Sherlock uses science to find answers to his questions, which shows that Conan-Doyle was not religious and his opinion of the police highlights his social standing. He uses Sherlock as a medium for which to reveal his views on society and its values.

From the start Watson is seen as smart but Holmes is seen as a genius.After finding the mysterious walking stick Watson tells Holmes what he observes and Holmes replies with “Really Watson,you excel yourself,”said Holmes(Doyle 2).Sherlock Holmes is seen as the type of man that thinks he is higher than anyone else.Although Holmes blatantly tel...