This is an essay on the compilation of stories, 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes', and why they have remained popular for all these years.
English Coursework This is an essay on the compilation of stories, 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes', and why they have remained popular for all these years. As my first point I would like to comment on the use of Watson as a narrator. I think that the writer does this to show how clever Sherlock Holmes is compared to an ordinary person. We see this as Watson often gets confused and doesn't know what's going on, where as Holmes always seems to be in control. An example of this is in the story 'The Blue Carbuncle', before the mystery has even come to light, Sherlock Holmes deduces certain things from a battered hat. "He does not have gas laid on in his house". This amazes Watson, because he could not deduce anything from the hat. This serves to illustrate Watson's stupidity in comparison with Sherlock Holmes. Other good examples of this are at the ends of the stories, when Holmes explains to Watson how he drew his conclusions to solve the case. Watson is always surprised and his own conclusions are always wrong. Another reason Holmes is shown to be so clever could have been to combat some of the dissatisfaction felt with the police force at the time of writing. If people believed that there really were detectives like Sherlock Holmes in the police force then they would probably feel a bit safer. Another reason for using Watson as a narrator is that it gives an
What makes the Lost World so interesting to read?
Name: Candidate number: The Lost World What makes the Lost World so interesting to read? The Lost World is one of the greatly known books by sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There are many things that made this book then and now so interesting to read, then it was simply the plot and the story of the great English explorers conquering and fighting for their country. Now we see it interesting for other reasons. At the time he wrote this book a lot of things were incredibly different from what they are now. The Edwardian time was the time when England had its great empire and the British were very keen and eager to find new land, civilize countries and find resources such as gold and jewels. The stereotype Edwardian gentleman is found in The Lost World, his name, Lord John Roxton. Known for his bravery and hunting skills, he agrees to go on a expedition to a mysterious plateau along with other characters Ned, Challenger and Sumerlee. He was the typical upper-class man in his 30s and he regarded anyone who wasn't English or European as an inferior race of savages. This brings me to the behaviour the British had in the Edwardian times towards race. Doyle describes his treasured English explorers carefully and with great detail "a fluffy, feathery untidy cockatoo of a man". This is perfectly fine for our times until you meet new characters in the book such as Zambo and Gomez. Zambo's
The Significance of Chapter twelve (to the novel as a whole) in 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'
The Significance of Chapter twelve (to the novel as a whole) in 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel, 'The Hound of the Baskerville,' falls within the genre of detective fiction. It concentrates on the murder of Sir Charles and specifically in Chapter twelve mysteries are solved leading to the explanation of Sir Charles's death. At the beginning of the novel there is a suspicious story about a supernatural hound. With the request from Dr. Mortimer it is Holmes' and Dr. Watson's job to investigate the recent mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville. This is the main focus of the novel. As Holmes is the central character, we find that he is almost entirely absent from the central section of the novel where most of the significant action takes place. During this time Watson is at our attention but Holmes inevitably emerges back into the novel with a sense of energy and excitement. As this is the beginning of Chapter twelve a major significance is shown; alongside his return, the mystery is solved. When Watson discovers Holmes living in a hut on the moor pursuing his own lines of enquiry, Sherlock reveals to Watson who the murderer is. This is where he returns back to the novel. At this instance the plot changes from Whom? to How? and Why? In this critical chapter, earlier mysteries are cleared up revealing liaison/relationships about characters
Overview Of "The Adventure Of Te Engineers Thumb" By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes Prose Study The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle during the late 1800's and early 1900's, Holmes is a brilliant London-based detective with the incredible ability of solving incredibly complicated cases, Holmes was very popular at the time because although he was not employed by the police he often aided in the solving of the case and in lots of cases he made the police look like a complete farce, at the time the stories were written Jack the Ripper was still at large and the police were often seen as a farcical organisation because time after time Jack the Ripper evaded capture, this adds to the popularity of Sherlock Homes because he solve cases and in the process often makes the police look like fools. In this story, set in 1889, it mainly consists of a young London hydraulic engineer, Mr. Victor Hatherley, recounting strange happenings of the night before the victorian public would find this immeadiately intresting because he is quite a normal man with a average job at the time and he tells of how he lost his thumb the previous night, first to Dr. Watson who dresses the stump where Mr. Hatherley's thumb has been cut off, and then to Sherlock Holmes himself. Hatherley had been visited in his office by an odd, suspicious man who identified himself as Colonel Lysander Stark,
Why is Conan Doyle a successful writer of crime stories?
8.3.2 Unit 3: A selection of Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Matthew Wood 10D Why is Conan Doyle a successful writer of crime stories? In this essay I hope to find out how Arthur Conan Doyle is a successful writer of crime stories. I hope to this by looking at five different elements of the books, characters, plot, settings, period detail and atmosphere. Sherlock Holmes in the speckled band is presented in a mysterious, cunning and unusual way, "he refused to associate himself with any investigation which did not tend towards the unusual and even the fantastic". Sherlock Holmes's deduction skills are very good compared to most people, this is shown when he talks to Miss Stoner for the first time, "I observe the second half of a return ticket in the palm of your left glove. You must have started early, and yet you had a good drive in a dog-cart, along heavy roads" This continues when he tells her how he knew all of that, "The left arm of your jacket is spattered with mud in no less than seven places. The marks are perfectly fresh. There is no vehicle save a dog-cart which throws up mud in that way, and then only when you sit on the left-hand side of the driver." Dr Watson in the speckled band is presented as a watcher and a follower of Sherlock Holmes, "I had no keener pleasure than in following Holmes in his professional
Does the 19th century social and historical context make the stories too remote and out of date? H G wells- The stolen Bacillus Sir Arthur Conan Doyle- The adventure of the speckled band
To what extent do these stories discuss issues relevant to the 21st century? Does the 19th century social and historical context make the stories too remote and out of date? HG wells- The stolen Bacillus Sir Arthur Conan Doyle- The adventure of the speckled band These stories, whilst written in the 19 century, still seem very relevant today. In this age where terrorism is a constant threat, it is easy to believe that we are the first generation to experience these fears. However, these stories give us an excellent reminder that we are not the first, and that these threats have been with us for many years; they have also been well documented and explored. Before reading these stories, I believed that these stories would be very remote, as the 19th century setting would be too early for me to easily relate too. However, as I read the stories, I started to realise that they were very relevant indeed. It was very easy to relate the poison of the swamp adder in Conan Doyle's, "Adventure of the speckled band," to ricin, which we are so aware of today due to the finding of the poison in London. Both poisons would also not normally show up on an autopsy, but a few milligrams of it could still kill many men. I also spotted very quickly the similarities in HG Wells', "The stolen Bacillus," to the possibility of Biological attacks on many cities, such as the possibility of attacks on
Examine some of the story telling techniques in the Sherlock Holmes stories, which are used to hold the attention of the reader
Examine some of the story telling techniques in the Sherlock Holmes stories, which are used to hold the attention of the reader. How do the stories reflect the time in which they are written? Sherlock Holmes stories are mysteries. They are also short stories with only a limited amount of space and opportunity for the author to express himself. The whole narrative, or story, rests on the reader, through the person of Dr.Watson .We are seeing what's happening through Dr. Watson's eyes, we are piecing the clues together one at a time. The clues have to attract the reader; they have to make the reader want to read on. The pace of the story has to be sufficient to get the readers attention but the story still has to come to a climax. In all of the stories there is a moral ending. The good are rewarded and the evil punished, sometimes with a great jail sentence, as in 'The Red Headed League'. The stories reflect the time they are written in a variety of ways. In 1880, when these stories were written, Sherlock Holmes was a household name he was known worldwide. Dr. Watson was similarly famous. Serious crime was much more widespread then today. There was no official police force; Scotland Yard was in its infancy. Holmes was therefore seen as a professional crime fighter, probably because he was a gentleman his reward was to get the crime solved a payment for solving them. Some of
Le Nord Est Pour Vous.
Sherlock Holmes Name - Sherlock Holmes D.O.B. - 6th January 1854- 1904 Address - 221b Baker Street London Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived in a Victorian lodging house at 221b Baker Street between 1881-1904, according to the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The house was built in 1815 and is listed by the Government to protect its architectural and cultural heritage. Sherlock Holmes's hawk-like features and piercing eyes, the dressing-gown and pipe, the deerstalker cap and magnifying glass - these details are so familiar that if he were to appear amongst us today we should know him at once. According to the published stories which first appeared in the Strand Magazine in 1891, he practised as a consulting detective between 1881-1904, while living at 221b Baker Street with his friend and colleague Doctor John H. Watson. Sherlock Holmes was "the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen", but he was not without feelings, because he appreciated the opera and classical music. He was however reserved towards women, because he felt their influence a distraction to his work, so he would not allow himself (and Watson) to become distracted by a romantic affair. Sherlock Holmes died sometime in 1904, and since then his home in Baker Street has been kept in excellent condition and people now walk around it and is a
Examining the roles of Sherlock Holmes in two short stories. 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Cardboard Box.'
Examining the roles of Sherlock Holmes in two short stories. 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Cardboard Box.' I am going to compare both 'The Speckled Band' and ' The Cardboard Box' which are Sherlock Holmes stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. 'A Study in Scarlet' was Arthur Conan Doyle's first novel, introducing both characters Holmes and Watson and including how they met. 'A study in Scarlet' was written in three weeks in 1886 and published in 1887. A.C. Doyle based Sherlock Holmes on Dr Joseph Bell, a surgeon and teacher he had studied with while attending Edinburgh University. Sir Henry Littlejohn, who taught forensic medicine to Doyle also made a large impression and contributed to the development of Holmes's character. Dr John Watson a fellow Southsea doctor who served time in Manchuria received the honour of having Holmes's partner named after him. The Strand Newspaper newly founded in 1890 published a series of short stories called 'The adventures of Sherlock Holmes.' From that point on the public could not get enough of Holmes and his always reliable, confident, John H Watson, a retired military doctor. Sherlock Holmes was one of the first fictional detectives ever created. By 1893 Doyle had tired of Holmes in 'The Final Problem.' In the story Holmes meets Moriarty at the fall of the Reichenbach in Switzerland and disappears. However public demand brought the return
The Speckled Band and Lamb to the Slaughter comparison
Wide reading assignment: Comparison between: "The Speckled Band" and "Lamb to the Slaughter" In this assignment, I am going to compare the two murder mystery stories: "Lamb to the Slaughter', written in 1954 by Roald Dahl, and 'The Speckled Band', written in 1892 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Although both books are from the same genre, they have many differences. I will comment on these differences, and any similarities between the stories, and then come to conclusions based upon the comments I make. The main thing to remember when comparing the two books is the fact that they were written at different times. This means that the language used, and the way in which this language is used, will be different in each book. For example, we see that in 'The Speckled Band', that the sentences are generally much longer than the modern day sentences, used in 'Lamb to the Slaughter'. For example, we see that Dr. Watson says "It is perhaps as well that the facts should now come to light, for I have reasons to know there are widespread rumours to the death of Dr Grimesby Roylott which tend to make the matter even more terrible than the truth". This sentence is extremely long, which is made worse by the fact that there is only one comma in it, meaning that we can't pause for breath when we say it. This shows us that The characters in the stories are also very different, especially when