What’s Hidden Between the Lines? In The Hound of Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the reader can tell a lot about the characters and their relationships just through the dialogue alone. Sherlock Holmes is dominant, or the alpha, and plays the master role when it comes to working with his apprentice, John Watson. Watson plays the obedient apprentice who wants to make his master proud. The dialogue allows the readers to see what the author did not blatantly state. Through solely analyzing the dialogue, the readers are able to learn more and more in depth than the reader would by only initially reading the book. Holmes plays the role of the master from the very beginning. In Chapter 1 Sherlock asked, “But, tell me, Watson, what do …show more content…
I believe you have eyes in the back of your head.” “I have at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me,” (Doyle, 1) In the first line Watson is amazed by the fact that Holmes was able to figure out what was in Watson’s hand even though his body was turned. But then makes the snarky remark that he just has a well-polished pot which points out some of his personality. He will not admit something that he is not capable of. By doing this he is showing that he cannot do everything that he is still human. Thus turning him into a mortal being from the very beginning even with his remarkable and nearly impossible observational …show more content…
Watson states “I will come, with pleasure,” said I. “I do not know how I could employ my time better.” (Doyle, 34). This statement alone shows that he is willing to do whatever and go wherever Holmes wanted. However, you do see that Watson truly does enjoy being with Holmes it makes him think of situations in a different way. For example, what we would think is a simple scratch on the floor could be so much more significant to the eyes of Holmes and Watson. In a way you can say that without Holmes, Watson would be bored and probably wasting his life away dealing with less important things. However, the excitement and joy you see in this statement you can assume the Watson will stay by Holmes side and continue on their adventure. Not only does Watson continue to follow Holmes he is starting to get just as excited about the unique opportunity they have stumbled upon. Watson even states “It is evidently a case of extraordinary interest, and one which presented immense opportunities to the scientific expert.” (Doyle,
For a while he finished the stories, but with debts and great public support he created another collection of the Holmes stories, due to the fact they were in high demand. Conan Doyle sadly died in Crowborough, Sussex, England, on July 7, 1930. Holmes is an intellectual detective who although spends a lot of the time by his self still depend on a valiant partner to accompany him on his cases, in this case Dr Watson. Dr Watson, in the Sherlock Holmes stories, is portrayed as particularly as an average British person helping his friend in his cases. Because he is portrayed as this it helps us see ourselves in the story along with Holmes therefore, intriguing the reader to usually read more.
Holmes was born in New Hampshire, 1861. His mother was cold and heartless, and his father was an alcoholic. Both parents were very abusive towards Holmes. His parents would isolate and starve him for extended periods of time. At an early age, he was fascinated with the human body which quickly led to him being fascinated by death. Holmes’s captivation of the human body led him to study medicine. After graduating, Holmes was accepted into the University of Michigan Medical
Doyle’s detective stories were written to be told by a character to which he could relate. He trained to become a doctor and used this training to influence the profession of the narrator of his Sherlock Holmes stories, Dr. John Watson. It is through the eyes of Dr. Watson that we first see our main character, Sherlock Holmes (Geherin 295). Watson was not the only character inspired by a real-life figure, however. Doyle based the character of Holmes off of his instructor, Dr. Joseph Bell.
“The Hound of the Baskervilles” demonstrated the differences between the upper class and the lower class and even between those people who were in the same class as each others at the end of the 19th century in England. Beside those differences, there were also some similarities between the two classes. In this essay, I will analyse how they are alike and different in some main aspects such as the belief in the curse, the relationship to the law, their mysterious actions, and especially the subjugation between people in the same class.
Later on, In the Red Headed League, Watson presents himself to the reader by he is very entertained by what he works for. Such as investigating and solving crimes. He loves his job. He likes to find out new things as well. In the beginning of The Most Dangerous Game Rainsford,
I know this because in the story, he included all the dates and times, and spoke about the mystery very precisely and specifically. Also, he always mentioned what he was doing or thinking at a specific time. At the beginning, as the client came in, Watson, from his point of view thought in the story that “he had no keener pleasure than following Holmes in his professional investigations. Because of this evidence I have found, I know that the story is written from Watson’s point of view.
However, in ‘Silver Blaze’, Doyle grabs the reader’s attention by shocking them, making it seem that there is going to be a change. ‘I’m afraid Watson, I shall have to go’. This opening may worry the reader to thinking that something has happened to Holmes resulting him in leaving hence it makes the reader want to read on.
Comment on the way Conan Doyle uses the character of Watson in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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Holmes was never arrested for the incident with his father-in-law. However, he was later arrested in “July 1894, Holmes was arrested for the first time. It was not for murder but for one of his schemes” (Taylor). Being arrested should have scared Holmes onto the straight and narrow path, it did not. It was in jail that Holmes met one of his accomplices, Marion Hedgepeth (Nash, Bloodletters 448).
The words Watson uses to describe Holmes such as “sharp and piercing” eyes, “hawk-like nose” and “mark the man of determination”. By having Watson describe such characteristics, it saves Holmes of looking like a show off with an ego. These haracteristics are true and surely the detective knows of his abilities but by having Watson aknowledge them brings more to the story because the comments were made based on observations and not by the individual trying to boost his ego.
Likewise, changes have been made on the level of the character in pursuance of the strong bond between Holmes and Watson. For instance, due to plot change some character have been removed, but John H. Watson and Sherlock Holmes the heart of the whole story indeed are kept. For instance, Sherlock Holmes is portrayed as Watson describes him in the “he was as sensitive to flattery on the score of his art as any girl could be of her beauty” (Doyle 38). Also, Holmes calls himself a “consulting detective” just like the title he gave himself in the novel. Indeed, Holmes as one of the main characters of the story needs to show similar characteristics of the original Holmes, or else the show would have lost its meaning. Although Holmes’ deductive skills are shown pretty clearly in the show, his expertise in cigars are not mentioned as in the book the detective says he “‘can distinguish at a glance the ash of any known brand either of cigar or tobacco’” (Doyle 37). Yet the writers of the show, might reveal Holmes’ expertise later on in the show since they have the 60 different
In the movie Holmes, in the beginning, was much more prideful and rude to Watson and people in general, but later on, Holmes was a lot nicer and somewhat humble at least compared to the book. This difference made the viewer feel less liking of the character of Holmes and it almost seemed that the director tried to save Holmes’s character by making him nicer at the ending. The difference had a big impact on the feeling of the movie because it felt that he was so stuck up he was rather unapproachable. ...
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...
John Broadus Watson was a 20th century psychologist whose main focus was the study of behaviorism. Watson was born on January 9, 1878 in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, his mother was quite religious and looked down on several things that Watson had opposed to follow along with throughout his teens. With some connections his mother Emma had Watson was accepted to Furman University in South Carolina. While enrolled in school Watsons academic life had completely made a 360 change and he ended up graduating with his master’s degree at the age of 21. Upon completion of his master’s degree Watson next enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Chicago where he started mainly focusing on his behaviorist theories in psychology.