Geraldine Doyle

“Trust not too much to appearances.”-Virgil Trusting appearances is not good and Watson and Holmes learned about this from their experiences. In The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles, the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle uses Dartmoor during the 1900’s (a very mystical place in England) as the setting of the story and makes Holmes and Watson the detectives. Because Holmes has other cases to solve at Baker Street, Holmes sends Watson to investigate the Baskervilles case for him. Sir Henry is going to Baskerville

The quote captures the constant contrast between good and evil. Holmes is a vicious man and will use anyone to obtain whatever objective is set into motion. It analyzes Holmes development in the dark and light, he is presented as both and does not abide to one specific element. Holmes presents himself to everyone he meets as charismatic. Disarming their guards to achieve something; benefit from them in some shape or form. He uses these traits to obtain something whether the act be good or evil; they

Part 1: Chapter one page 557, we are introduced to Sherlock Holmes. The chapter starts out with introducing a mystery stick. The author, Doyle uses lots of imagery and description to revel sherlock's personality.This story got me hooked from the very beginning. The way Holmes analyses the stick and observed every single little detail got me immersed in the text. “ a doctor is more likely to come from a hospital than from a hunt, and that when the initials ‘C.C’ are placed before that hospital the

Ace Ventura and Sherlock Holmes are two superb detectives. Ace Ventura is a detective that focuses on animals. He can solve things from mistaken identities and murder mysteries to missing animals and stolen goods. Sherlock Holmes is a detective of homicide. He has solved numerous cases and is considered the best detective in London. Both detectives are prodigious in their work. The detectives, Sherlock Holmes from the novel “the Hound of the Baskervilles”; and Ace Ventura, from the movie “Ace

The Hound of Baskerville is a detective fiction written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is a tale of a mythical beast that is said to haunt Baskerville family. During Victorian era women were restricted to domestic sphere, and were seen inferior to men. Throughout the story, Arthur Conan Doyle depicts the gender polarized society of the 18th century, in which iniquitous men manipulated women. Hugo Baskerville abuses the daughter of a yeoman, and Mr. Stapleton manipulates his wife and Laura Lyons to assist

Sherlock homes is a great detective, who notices everything investigating and even when he isn't. In the story and even in the movie he's a great detective but there are some similarlys and differences in the two. In the movie sherlock is still a great detective, but not any ordinary detective. When you think detective you think professional at all times when working but not sherlock he's off.he doesn't fallow the book he's always a little tipsy and a little weird and crazy. His methods are different

Holmes is one of the most popular fictional private detectives created by the British author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes is known for his vast variety of skills like phenomenal observations, forensic science, and incredible judgement when helping a wide variety of clients. Although the original Sherlock Holmes books are often unemotional, the tv series present a moderate twist. Doyle created Sherlock to be indifferent, it’s clear that he still cares about Watson, whereas in Steven Moffat and Mark

Sherlock The two stories I chose from the book called “Short Stories of Sherlock” were “The Musgrave Ritual” and the “Red-headed League”. I chose these two because I had more interest in them than the others. It was sort of like catching my attention, and it made me want figure out more about them. The first short story I chose was “The Musgrave Ritual”, and while reading this I noticed various things that subjected the characteristics. This is was a mysterious short story that included the “Musgrave

What do A Morbid Taste for Bones and The Man in the Passage have in common? They are both mysteries. Although both differ considerably in length, plot complexity, and setting, both accompany a sacerdotal sleuth as he solves a felonious offense. Despite their label, many doubt if these two mysteries are gripping enough to entrance the reader into reading the story to the end. What makes a mystery novel worth reading? Because the word “worth” is an analogous term, I will state my meaning to avoid

Watson was interrogating Laura Lyons at her office when he was challenged by her arrogance. “She met my difficulty with the utmost readiness”(Doyle 111). Watson even though challenged by Laura's persistent arrogance his thirst for knowledge pushed him. Watsons thirst for knowledge helped him in this time of trouble where the key of the case is being ignorant. Lastly in one of the last chapters