The second part will be an analysis of the main character of Sherlock. The first part of this paper will consist of a characterisation of the classic Sherlock Holmes.
The literary basis for my analysis will be the novel the Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and of course the TV series Sherlock. In this paper, I want to compare the classic character Sherlock Holmes, as he appears in Doyle’s stories and Novels, with the main character Sherlock Holmes of BBC’s TV series Sherlock. However, both series have something in common: They transfer Doyle’s stories, which are set in Victorian and Edwardian times, into the present age. It is set in London and the role of Watson is portrayed by male actor Martin Freeman, which means that Sherlock is more oriented towards the original stories. On the other Hand, there is the British series Sherlock. It is set in New York and the American actress Lucy Liu plays Holmes’s assistant and friend, Dr Watson. (Wilson) Since his introduction he has had other appearances in numerous stories of Doyle, countless pastiches and he has literally taken over the media landscape.Īmong these appearances in the media, there are two TV shows contrasting from all the other Holmes adaptations. In other words: Sherlock Holmes starts investigating when the police fail in solving the crime. In this story, he is introduced as the world’s first and only “consulting detective”. Holmes had his first appearance in 1887 in A Study in Scarlett, which was published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual. “Well, Watson, what do you make of it?” (Doyle 1) – Or rather: What did, and does, the media make of Arthur Conan Doyle’s crime-solving character Sherlock Holmes? Without a doubt, Sherlock Holmes is one of the most famous literary figures, if not the most famous, at least in the genre of crime fiction.