19th Century Prose- Detective Essay.

"It was not merely that Holmes changed his costume, his expression, his manner his very soul seemed to vary with every fresh part that he assumed". This shows how skilled Holmes is at disguise. Many other fictional detectives have this trait, Philip Marloue uses disguise to get information.

"I had my horn-rimmed glasses on, I put my voice high and let a bird twitter in it". Maybe he does not use disguise to the same extent as Sherlock but he still carries the trait.

Holmes has the tendency to leave everyone in the dark about what is on his mind, the solution to the case. He waits until he knows every last detail befor revealing the mystery. Much like the modern television detective Jonathon Creek, who waits until the very end of the episode before anybody is enlightened? He builds up suspense even with his sidekick, before unraveling the mystery in his own special way.

Sherlock Holmes is a good detective as he is very observant; he takes in all his surroundings and is able to see past the constraints of normal logic. He studies all the facts and evidence very closely before drawing conclusions, in his own words Holmes 'Sees and observes'

"It is a capitol mistake to theorize before one has data". This trait is not necessarily original to Holmes, as any good detective, fictional or not fictional should have this trait. However from what I see American 50's detectives don't really have any detective skills they are just luck. European fictional detectives however use their brains, such as Creek, Morse and Poirot.