The final section includes conclusion and presents findings that the thesis produces in the analysis section. Following by this, research questions for a further study on the subject of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Watson and the adaptations are put forward. The goal of this essay is to examine the following problem statement.
While watching the recent television adaptation, how is it possible to view literary creations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with the character of John Watson as a cultural text? It is apparent to observe that his character is given new significance in modern society. As a result, this dissertation would like to demonstrate and study the transformation experienced in association with Watson, so analyse the reasons why these
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Firstly, gender issue has been repeatedly mentioned when discussing this series. Transforming Watson into a female figure is a risky adapted work, but it is a successful creation based on the result of 13.9 million audiences tuning each week in fall 2012. Furthermore, gender equality has been a popular demand recently. Once Watson as a woman, her figure is parallel with Holmes. Secondly, Joan Watson is intelligent and has her own career. Whether she is a surgeon, sober-companion, or detective, her intelligence expresses in what she does and does well. She may not like Holmes with excellent observation and reasoning ability, but she is gradually progressive in the new field – being a detective. Lastly, the relationship in between Watson and Holmes has developed. She is no longer a sidekick of Holmes, but a colleague or partner with equal status. This status was not achieved at the beginning, but progresses with plot development. For instance, Joan Watson has her own detective firm, and she moves out from Holmes’ house. Most importantly, she keeps a companion relationship with Holmes, rather than a romantic circumstance. Additionally, paratexts as posters from the first to the third season of Elementary tell the growth and decline of their status. These make Joan Watson is no longer a supporting character of Sherlock Holmes, but a protagonist completely
In this essay, I am going to look at how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, has
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.
Watson than there is in the short story. In the case of Helen Stoner, the movie allows you to see aspects of her character that you do not see in the written story such as her relationship with her sister and stepfather. While it does say in the book that the sisters were “chatting about her approaching wedding,” more development is present in the movie because it shows the sisters together reminding the audience that they were close companions and that the loss of Julia was devastating to Helen. Another example of this character development is with Dr. Watson. In the movie adaptation, a short clip was added while Holmes and Watson investigated the house in which Julia had died. In the clip, Dr. Watson is shown examining foot prints on the lawn and explains to Holmes that he is trying to be as observant as he is. Though this clip may not seem like an important part of the story, it adds to Watson’s character by showing him as a student of Sherlock Holmes. While the movie does make the characters more dynamic, it also removed some of the suspense that the written version created.
Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 22nd May 1859. He attended Edinburgh University and graduated with a degree in medicine, in 1881. He then practised as a doctor from 1882-1891, but not very successfully. Whilst practising as a doctor, in 1887, he published his first short story featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, “A study in Scarlet”. The Strand magazine, founded in 1890, published a series of Sherlock Holmes stories, this let both the detective and the magazine becoming extremely popular. My essay will be based upon how Doyle creates suspense in the following three short stories; “Silver Blaze”, “The Red-Headed League” and “A Scandal in Bohemia”, and I will be commenting on what impact it may have on the readers.
This article about John Watson and Behaviorism is still of great importance to modern society and modern psychology. There is doubt to the fact that behaviorism also has lost its peak too soon, like Watson academic career faded too early during his lifetime. Watson cannot be blamed for being unsuccessful and for short living of his theory because the environment he was raised was not a peaceful and offering no secure attachment. His father was an alcoholic and frequently got involved into fights. Watson himself has a troubled life and arrested twice. Since he was having a violent behavior so his academic thoughts were also influenced by behavior and environment. But again those with a true passion as a result of personal experience are known
Differences within adaptations of one work are what make Sherlock Holmes so famous in the 21st century, while the similarities that are portrayed in all adaptations are what make it last for over 100 years. In conclusion, both adaptations are successful in portraying Doyle’s original character and has different unique aspects that causes debates such as ‘Which Sherlock Holmes is better?’ to emerge. While both achieve its purpose of appealing to mass audiences in the 21st century, BBC’s Sherlock is palatable to more as it deviates from the familiar Victorian era to a fresh, new setting in the 21st century.
In Doyle’s novella, The Hound of Baskerville, he uses different ideas of throwbacks and of regression. The first time that we notice an example of atavism in this story is when Holmes and Watson figure out who Dr. Mortimer is, the author of “Some Freaks of Atavism”.
The presence of brotherhood in the Sherlock Holmes stories is notable because it occurs primarily between two starkly different men, though Doyle’s assertion through Holmes and Watson that brotherhood is vital does not diminish. Holmes, an intelligent man whose “observations have fairly astounded” (Scarlet 24) Watson serves as a foil to Watson himself, who finds contemporary knowledge of vast importance. This contrasts Holmes’ opinion that “useless facts” (Scarlet 25), like those pertaining to the solar system, serve him no purpose. However, as Watson is a “Doctor of Medicine” (Scarlet 17), their mutual interest in observation and science ultimately strengthens the depth of their relationship, allowing Holmes and Watson to be included a sort of “brotherhood” of science. In fact, in A Study in Scarlet, it is under the umbrella of science, at the “chemical laboratory” (Scarlet 18), that Watson and Holmes first meet. Further, this inclusion ...
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has written many books and stories, all of which were successful. His “Sherlock Holmes” series has merited immense success and popularity for over a century, and continues to be seen in popular media today. The phenomenon of Sherlock Holmes redefined mystery novels as a genre for generations to come. However, the written work that I feel has made the most impact on both his literary career and the literary world would be his first Sherlock Holmes story, “A Study in Scarlet”. This story paved the way for mystery writers, and set the standard of what makes a true mystery entertaining, and was the novel that best indicated his talents as a writer out of all his other works.
Sherlock is the most filmed fictional character ever. The Hound of the Baskervilles novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was an amazing book at the time because it came out when detectives starting using more scientific methods in their investigations. This book fully engages in this battle, between science and fiction. The Hound of the Baskervilles play is a spoof made off of the book. These two are quite different, though. Can the fast-paced, comical play be more intriguing than the serious and intricate novel? This essay will compare and contrast the similarities and differences between these two pieces and decide which one is superior and more intriguing for the audience. At the time the Hound of the Baskervilles was written, Europe
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World (1912) is yet another essential novel, that marked and defined the genre science fiction. Set in an expedition to a plateau in South America, the reporter Edward Malone tells his journey along with the hot-headed and eccentric Professor George Edward Challenger. What differentiates the protagonists from Doyle’s, what was soon to be known as Challenger Tales, his Sherlock Holmes series, is not only the ambiguity in attitude, as Sherlock Holmes is considered self-controlled and analytical, whereas Challenger portrays the stellar opposite, but also the way both novels are being narrated. Whereas former novel series has Sherlock’s assistant Dr. Watson as the narrator of the protagonists adventures, The Lost
...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.
This paper will explore the relationship between Sherlock Holmes and his companion and friend Dr. John Watson. What is the relationship between Holmes and Watson? Are they compatible or are their differences to great for them to overcome. Looking at how they work together will also be a key factor in how well the relationship works between the two of them. Do their own interests and abilities get in the way? Does the time period in which they live factor into the environment of their communication styles?
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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...