An examination of how Sherlock Holmes abilities and techniques, :: English Literature

An question of how shamus Holmes abilities and techniques,allied to his private addressistics, enable him to solve crimesThere are many reasons to explain why Sherlock Holmes is one of theworlds most historied fictional detectives. However, the main reason forthis is that non only are the stories complex, but the actualcharacter of Sherlock Holmes has extreme depth, with some subtleelements of his character only becoming apparent when he is in certainsituations. This is why Sherlock Holmes is one of the most, if not themost interesting fictional characters to study. cardinal of Holmes most famous professional characteristics is his powerof observation. An example of this is where Holmes is examining a mannerWhy, its a dummyit is fastened to a hook (The Speckled Band). Thisis a very unlikely thing for a normal person to obtain but not forSherlock HolmesHowever, Holmes powers of observation would be worth vigour withouthis excellent reasoning and deduction abilities. An examp le of this isconnected to the quote higher up (from The Speckled Band). After Holmesdiscovered that the bell pull (rope) was a dummy, and fetching intoaccount only facts that may be considered, by lesser men, unimportant he solved the mystery of a womans death. It wouldcrawl down the rope.... sort of or later she must fall victim (TheSpeckled Band).It is by Holmes use of reasoning and deduction that one of his mostfamous personal characteristics also heralds to light. This is hischaracteristic of making muckle around him feel down the stairs him, in otherwords, Holmes has a high level of self-esteem. He astounds people withhis intelligence. He pretends that he does not mean to do this I donot wish to suck up a mystery (A Scandal in Bohemia). There is but onecase that I have come across in which Sherlock Holmes is outwitted bysomeone, and when he realises that he has been outwitted, he is amazedHolmes staggered back, white with chagrin and surprise (A Scandal inBohemia). He is especially amazed that it is a woman that hasoutwitted him. This has some, but only a slight, effect on hisbelittling characteristic He used to make merry over the clevernessof women, but I have not heard him do it of late (A Scandal inBohemia).Holmes has a undischarged store of knowledge that he has acquired over manyyears at his disposal, and this helps him greatly in his cases myspecial knowledge of tobacco ashes enabled me to pronounce as anIndian cigar (The Boscombe Valley Mystery). This yet again provesjust how intelligent Sherlock Holmes is.