Post by Sherlock Holmes on Sept 16, 2007 10:46:17 GMT -5
Name:: Sherlock William Scott Holmes
Age:: 50 years old
Place of birth:: London.
Weight:: 1´80 Ibs
Height: 6,3
Colour eyes:: Green/ hazel
Colour hair:: Dark- brown.
History::
Sherlock Holmes was by all accounts born on 6th January 18.., and for more than a century his name has been known in every country of the world; and not only his name, but his appearance too. The 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.
He is still however an enigmatic figure, as wrapped in mystery as the crimes he tried to solve, and as in most legends, it is often difficult to separate fact from fiction.
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 to become swayed by their romantic allure.
Dr. Watson assesses Holmes's abilities thus:
1. Knowledge of Literature.—Nil.
2. Knowledge of Astronomy.—Nil.
3. Knowledge of Politics.—Feeble.
4. Knowledge of Botany.—Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium, and poisons generally. Knows nothing of practical gardening.
5. Knowledge of Geology.—Practical, but limited. Tells at a glance different soils from each other. After walks, has shown me splashes upon his trousers, and told me by their colour and consistence in what part of London he had received them.
6. Knowledge of Chemistry.—Profound.
7. Knowledge of Anatomy.—Accurate, but unsystematic.
8. Knowledge of Sensational Literature.—Immense. He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century.
9. Plays the violin well.
10. Is an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman.
11. Has a good practical knowledge of British law.
Personality and habits
Holmes is not at all a stuffy strait-laced Victorian gentleman as one might think; in fact, he describes himself and his habits as "Bohemian". Modern readers of the Holmes stories are apt to be surprised that he was an occasional user of cocaine and morphine, though Watson describes this as Holmes' "only vice", and later "weaned" Holmes off of drug use. In his personal habits, he is very disorganized, as Watson notes in "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual", leaving everything from notes of past cases to remains of chemical experiments scattered around their rooms.
Nevertheless, Watson is very typical of his time in not considering a vice Holmes' habit of smoking, heavily, nor his willingness to bend the truth and break the law when it suited his purposes. In Victorian England, such actions were not necessarily considered vices as long as they were done by a gentleman for noble purposes, such as preserving a woman's honour or a family's reputation . Since many of the stories revolve around Holmes (and Watson) doing such things, a modern reader must accept actions which would be out of character for a "law-abiding" detective living by the standards of a later time. Holmes has a strong sense of honour and "doing the right thing".
Holmes can often be quite dispassionate and cold; however, when hot on the trail of a mystery, he can display a remarkable passion despite his usual languor. He has a flair for showmanship and often prepares dramatic traps to capture the culprit of a crime which are staged to impress Watson or one of the Scotland Yard inspectors . He also holds back his chain of reasoning, not revealing it or giving only cryptic hints and surprising results, until the very end, when he can explain all of his deductions at once.
Holmes is also proud of being British, as demonstrated by the patriotic "VR" .made in bullet pocks in the wall by his gun. He has also carried out counterintelligence work for his government in several cases, most conspicuously in His Last Bow, most often tracking down stolen state documents or thwarting the work of foreign spies.
Holmes does have an ego that sometimes seems to border on arrogance; however, he has usually earned the right to such arrogance. He seems to enjoy baffling police inspectors with his superior deductions. However, he is often quite content to allow the police to take the credit for his work, with Watson being the only one to broadcast his own role in the case, although he enjoys receiving praise from personal friends and those who take a serious interest in his work.
Holmes is generally quite fearless. He dispassionately surveys horrific, brutal crime scenes; he does not allow superstition or grotesque situations to make him afraid; and he intrepidly confronts violent murderers. He is generally unfazed by threats from his criminal enemies, and indeed Holmes himself remarks that it is the danger of his profession that has attracted him to it. On occasion Holmes and Watson carry pistols with them; however, these weapons are only used on five occasions.
Finally, Holmes does have capacities for human emotion and friendship. He has a remarkable ability to gently soothe and reassure people suffering from extreme distress, a talent which comes in handy when dealing with both male and female clients who arrive at Baker Street suffering from extreme fear or nervousness.
Relationships
Historically, Holmes lived from the year 18... at 221B Baker Street, London, a flat up seventeen steps, where he shared many of his professional years with his good friend Dr. Watson for some time before Watson's marriage in 18.. and after Mrs. Watson's death. The residence was maintained by his landlady, Mrs. Hudson.
In almost all of the stories, Holmes is assisted by the practical Watson, who is not only a friend but also his chronicler .Most of Holmes's stories are told as narratives, by Watson, of the detective's solutions to crimes brought to his attention by clients. Holmes sometimes criticises Watson for his writings, usually because he relates them as exciting stories rather than as objective and detailed reports focusing on what Holmes regards as the pure "science" of his craft.
Holmes's archenemy and popularly-supposed nemesis was Professor James Moriarty, who fell, struggling with Holmes, over the Reichenbach Falls.
Holmes and women
The only woman in whom Holmes ever showed any interest that verged on the romantic was Irene Adler. According to Watson, she was always referred to by Holmes as "The Woman." Holmes himself is never directly quoted as using this term — though he does mention her actual name several times in other cases. She is also one of the few women who are mentioned in multiple Holmes stories, though she actually appears in person only in one, "A Scandal in Bohemia". She is often thought to be the only woman who broke through Holmes's reserve. She is possibly the only woman who has ever "beaten" Holmes in a mystery; this point is unclear owing to a comment with some chronological problems in one of the stories However, it is important to note that Watson explicitly states, "It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler."
In one story, "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton", Holmes is engaged to be married, but only with the motivation of gaining information for his case. He clearly demonstrates particular interest in several of the more charming female clients that come his way However, Holmes inevitably "manifested no further interest in her when once she had ceased to be the centre of one of his problems." Holmes found their youth, beauty, and energy (and the cases they bring to him) invigorating, as opposed to an actual romantic interest.
Irene Adler, there is no indication of a serious or long-term interest. Watson states that Holmes has an "aversion to women" but "a peculiarly ingratiating way with ." Holmes states, "I am not a whole-souled admirer of womankind"; in fact he finds "the motives of women... so inscrutable... How can you build on such quicksand? Their most trivial actions may mean volumes... their most extraordinary conduct may depend upon a hairpin."
Another point of interest in Holmes's relationships with women is that the only joy he gets from their company is the problems they bring to him to solve. In The Sign of Four, Watson quotes Holmes as being "an automaton, a calculating machine." This references Holmes's lack of interest in relationships with women in general, and clients in particular, as Watson states that "there is something positively inhuman in you at times."
Watson writes in "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" that Mrs. Hudson is fond of Holmes in her own way, despite his bothersome eccentricities as a lodger, owing to his "remarkable gentleness and courtesy in his dealings with women." Watson notes that while he dislikes and distrusts them, he is nonetheless a "chivalrous opponent." However, Holmes cannot be said to be misogynistic, given the number of women he helps in his work.
Actor:: Jeremy Brett
Age:: 50 years old
Place of birth:: London.
Weight:: 1´80 Ibs
Height: 6,3
Colour eyes:: Green/ hazel
Colour hair:: Dark- brown.
History::
Sherlock Holmes was by all accounts born on 6th January 18.., and for more than a century his name has been known in every country of the world; and not only his name, but his appearance too. The 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.
He is still however an enigmatic figure, as wrapped in mystery as the crimes he tried to solve, and as in most legends, it is often difficult to separate fact from fiction.
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 to become swayed by their romantic allure.
Dr. Watson assesses Holmes's abilities thus:
1. Knowledge of Literature.—Nil.
2. Knowledge of Astronomy.—Nil.
3. Knowledge of Politics.—Feeble.
4. Knowledge of Botany.—Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium, and poisons generally. Knows nothing of practical gardening.
5. Knowledge of Geology.—Practical, but limited. Tells at a glance different soils from each other. After walks, has shown me splashes upon his trousers, and told me by their colour and consistence in what part of London he had received them.
6. Knowledge of Chemistry.—Profound.
7. Knowledge of Anatomy.—Accurate, but unsystematic.
8. Knowledge of Sensational Literature.—Immense. He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century.
9. Plays the violin well.
10. Is an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman.
11. Has a good practical knowledge of British law.
Personality and habits
Holmes is not at all a stuffy strait-laced Victorian gentleman as one might think; in fact, he describes himself and his habits as "Bohemian". Modern readers of the Holmes stories are apt to be surprised that he was an occasional user of cocaine and morphine, though Watson describes this as Holmes' "only vice", and later "weaned" Holmes off of drug use. In his personal habits, he is very disorganized, as Watson notes in "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual", leaving everything from notes of past cases to remains of chemical experiments scattered around their rooms.
Nevertheless, Watson is very typical of his time in not considering a vice Holmes' habit of smoking, heavily, nor his willingness to bend the truth and break the law when it suited his purposes. In Victorian England, such actions were not necessarily considered vices as long as they were done by a gentleman for noble purposes, such as preserving a woman's honour or a family's reputation . Since many of the stories revolve around Holmes (and Watson) doing such things, a modern reader must accept actions which would be out of character for a "law-abiding" detective living by the standards of a later time. Holmes has a strong sense of honour and "doing the right thing".
Holmes can often be quite dispassionate and cold; however, when hot on the trail of a mystery, he can display a remarkable passion despite his usual languor. He has a flair for showmanship and often prepares dramatic traps to capture the culprit of a crime which are staged to impress Watson or one of the Scotland Yard inspectors . He also holds back his chain of reasoning, not revealing it or giving only cryptic hints and surprising results, until the very end, when he can explain all of his deductions at once.
Holmes is also proud of being British, as demonstrated by the patriotic "VR" .made in bullet pocks in the wall by his gun. He has also carried out counterintelligence work for his government in several cases, most conspicuously in His Last Bow, most often tracking down stolen state documents or thwarting the work of foreign spies.
Holmes does have an ego that sometimes seems to border on arrogance; however, he has usually earned the right to such arrogance. He seems to enjoy baffling police inspectors with his superior deductions. However, he is often quite content to allow the police to take the credit for his work, with Watson being the only one to broadcast his own role in the case, although he enjoys receiving praise from personal friends and those who take a serious interest in his work.
Holmes is generally quite fearless. He dispassionately surveys horrific, brutal crime scenes; he does not allow superstition or grotesque situations to make him afraid; and he intrepidly confronts violent murderers. He is generally unfazed by threats from his criminal enemies, and indeed Holmes himself remarks that it is the danger of his profession that has attracted him to it. On occasion Holmes and Watson carry pistols with them; however, these weapons are only used on five occasions.
Finally, Holmes does have capacities for human emotion and friendship. He has a remarkable ability to gently soothe and reassure people suffering from extreme distress, a talent which comes in handy when dealing with both male and female clients who arrive at Baker Street suffering from extreme fear or nervousness.
Relationships
Historically, Holmes lived from the year 18... at 221B Baker Street, London, a flat up seventeen steps, where he shared many of his professional years with his good friend Dr. Watson for some time before Watson's marriage in 18.. and after Mrs. Watson's death. The residence was maintained by his landlady, Mrs. Hudson.
In almost all of the stories, Holmes is assisted by the practical Watson, who is not only a friend but also his chronicler .Most of Holmes's stories are told as narratives, by Watson, of the detective's solutions to crimes brought to his attention by clients. Holmes sometimes criticises Watson for his writings, usually because he relates them as exciting stories rather than as objective and detailed reports focusing on what Holmes regards as the pure "science" of his craft.
Holmes's archenemy and popularly-supposed nemesis was Professor James Moriarty, who fell, struggling with Holmes, over the Reichenbach Falls.
Holmes and women
The only woman in whom Holmes ever showed any interest that verged on the romantic was Irene Adler. According to Watson, she was always referred to by Holmes as "The Woman." Holmes himself is never directly quoted as using this term — though he does mention her actual name several times in other cases. She is also one of the few women who are mentioned in multiple Holmes stories, though she actually appears in person only in one, "A Scandal in Bohemia". She is often thought to be the only woman who broke through Holmes's reserve. She is possibly the only woman who has ever "beaten" Holmes in a mystery; this point is unclear owing to a comment with some chronological problems in one of the stories However, it is important to note that Watson explicitly states, "It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler."
In one story, "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton", Holmes is engaged to be married, but only with the motivation of gaining information for his case. He clearly demonstrates particular interest in several of the more charming female clients that come his way However, Holmes inevitably "manifested no further interest in her when once she had ceased to be the centre of one of his problems." Holmes found their youth, beauty, and energy (and the cases they bring to him) invigorating, as opposed to an actual romantic interest.
Irene Adler, there is no indication of a serious or long-term interest. Watson states that Holmes has an "aversion to women" but "a peculiarly ingratiating way with ." Holmes states, "I am not a whole-souled admirer of womankind"; in fact he finds "the motives of women... so inscrutable... How can you build on such quicksand? Their most trivial actions may mean volumes... their most extraordinary conduct may depend upon a hairpin."
Another point of interest in Holmes's relationships with women is that the only joy he gets from their company is the problems they bring to him to solve. In The Sign of Four, Watson quotes Holmes as being "an automaton, a calculating machine." This references Holmes's lack of interest in relationships with women in general, and clients in particular, as Watson states that "there is something positively inhuman in you at times."
Watson writes in "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" that Mrs. Hudson is fond of Holmes in her own way, despite his bothersome eccentricities as a lodger, owing to his "remarkable gentleness and courtesy in his dealings with women." Watson notes that while he dislikes and distrusts them, he is nonetheless a "chivalrous opponent." However, Holmes cannot be said to be misogynistic, given the number of women he helps in his work.
Actor:: Jeremy Brett
