1 “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of The Four 2 INDEX 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 6 1.1. MOTIVATIONS ................................................................................................... 6 1.2. HYPOTHESIS .................................................................................................... 6 1.3. METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 7 2. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE ..................................................................................... 10 2.1. BIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................... 10 2.2. DOYLE’S INFLUENCE ..................................................................................... 13 2.2.1 IN LITERATURE ......................................................................................... 13 2.2.2 IN CINEMATOGRAPHY ............................................................................. 13 2.2.3 IN SOCIETY ............................................................................................... 13 2.3 SOCIAL CONTEXT ........................................................................................... 14 3. SHERLOCK HOLMES CANON .............................................................................. 16 3.1 PLOT ................................................................................................................. 16 3.2 MAIN CHARACTERS ........................................................................................ 16 3.3 SECONDARY CHARACTERS .......................................................................... 17 4. SHERLOCK HOLMES SERIES STUDY ................................................................. 18 4.1 PLOT ................................................................................................................. 18 4.2 MAIN CHARACTERS / ACTORS ...................................................................... 18 4.3 SECONDARY CHARACTERS / ACTORS ......................................................... 19 5. CURIOSITIES ......................................................................................................... 21 5.1. "ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR WATSON" ............................................................ 21 5.2. BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH RELATION WITH SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE ................................................................................................................................ 22 6. A STUDY IN SCARLET VS A STUDY IN PINK ...................................................... 23 6.1. SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... 24 6.2. REASONS FOR CHOOSING THIS BOOK/CHAPTER ..................................... 24 6.3. REASONS FOR THE NAME OF THE TITLES ................................................. 24 6.4. AUTHOR’S POINT OF VIEW ........................................................................... 24 6.5. SETTING .......................................................................................................... 25 6.6. PLACE WHERE JOHN WATSON FOUGHT .................................................... 25 3 6.7. REASON FOR WATSON COMING BACK TO BRITAIN .................................. 25 6.8. INTRODUCTION OF SHERLOCK HOLMES AND JOHN WATSON ................ 26 6.9. SHERLOCK HOLMES’ IMPACT ON OTHERS ................................................. 26 6.10. WATSON’S FIRST IMPRESSION OF SHERLOCK ........................................ 26 6.11. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION ................................................................... 28 6.12. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHARACTERS .................................................. 28 6.13. JEFFERSON HOPE ....................................................................................... 28 6.14. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INVESTIGATION .................................................. 29 6.15. DIFFERENCES IN TECHNOLOGY AND THE WAY IT AFFECTS THE INVESTIGATION..................................................................................................... 30 6.16. DIFFERENCES IN METHODS OF INVESTIGATION .................................... 30 6.17. REASONS FOR WATSON’S CHOICE TO LIVE WITH SHERLOCK .............. 30 6.18. DISCOVERY OF MORIARTY (SERIES) ........................................................ 31 7. A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA VS A SCANDAL IN BELGRAVIA ............................... 32 7.1. SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... 33 7.2. EXPLANATION OF THE CHARACTERS…...................................................... 33 7.3. REASONS FOR CHOOSING THIS BOOK/CHAPTER ..................................... 34 7.4. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THIS BOOK AND THE OTHERS ......................... 34 7.5. REASONS FOR THE NAME OF THE TITLES ................................................. 34 7.6. DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHARACTERS SINCE A STUDY IN SCARLET / A STUDY IN PINK ...................................................................................................... 35 7.7. THE COVENTRY CONUNDRUM (SERIES)..................................................... 37 7.8. EFFECT OF THE PICTURE IN DIFFERECT CHARCATERS .......................... 37 7.9. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SHERLOCK HOLMES AND IRENE ADLER ....... 38 7.10. RELATIONSHIP WITH MORIARTY (SERIES) ............................................... 38 7.11. ALLUSIONS ................................................................................................... 38 8. THE FINAL PROBLEM VS THE REICHENBACH FALL ........................................ 39 8.1. SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... 40 8.2. EXPLANATION OF THE CHARACTERS…...................................................... 40 8.3. REASONS FOR CHOOSING THIS BOOK/CHAPTER ..................................... 40 8.4. REASONS FOR THE NAME OF THE TITLES ................................................. 41 8.5. BOOK CONTEXT ............................................................................................. 41 8.6. DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHARACTERS SINCE A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA / A SCANDAL IN BELGRAVIA ...................................................................................... 42 8.7. JOHN WATSON’S REASON FOR WRITING THE BOOK ................................ 42 8.8. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MORIARTY FROM THE SERIES AND THE BOOK 42 4 8.9. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INVESTIGATIONS .................................................. 43 8.9.1. THE KEY OF THE WORLD (SERIES) ....................................................... 44 8.9.2. THE TRIAL ................................................................................................ 44 8.9.3. ESCAPE ROUTE (BOOK) ......................................................................... 45 8.9.4. THE STORY OF SIR BOAST A LOT (SERIES) ......................................... 46 8.9.5. SHERLOCK AND MORIARTY’S REASONS FOR COMMITING SUICIDE 48 8.10. THE HANSEL AND GRETEL CASE FROM THE SERIES ............................. 48 8.11. THE NOTE VS THE PHONE CALL, IMPLICATION ........................................ 49 8.12. DIFFERENCES IN TECHNOLOGY AND THE WAY IT AFFECTS THE INVESTIGATION..................................................................................................... 49 8.13. THE END OF JAMES MORIARTY ................................................................. 50 8.14. THE END OF SHERLOCK HOLMES ............................................................. 50 8.15. ALLUSIONS ................................................................................................... 50 9. CONCLUSIONS ..................................................................................................... 51 9.1. LENGTH OF THE BOOK / CHAPTER .............................................................. 51 9.2. CHARACTERS ................................................................................................. 51 9.2.1. SHERLOCK HOLMES ............................................................................... 52 9.2.2. JOHN WATSON ........................................................................................ 52 9.2.3. JIM MORIARTY ......................................................................................... 53 9.2.4. IRENE ADLER ........................................................................................... 53 9.3. TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................................ 54 9.4. CASES ............................................................................................................. 54 10. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................... 55 11. BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................. 56 11.1. BOOKS .......................................................................................................... 56 11.2. CHAPTERS .................................................................................................... 56 11.3. WEBS............................................................................................................. 57 11.4. IMAGES ........................................................................................................