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Character Analysis Of Sherlock Holmes In 'The Red Headed League'

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In the Red Headed League, Holmes, as the protagonist does not lead a” common place” or ordinary life because Sherlock Holmes is the best detective he can track clues faster than an average person can. When Sherlock scan Mr. Wilson, Sherlock seen his jacket and his tattoos, Sherlock said your sleeve is shiny because you write too much. The other thing Sherlock said was that your right arm is a little bigger than the left. Sherlock told Mr. Wilson that the tattoos you got are from china I can tell form the design. He saw the cracks in the cellar of the bank and looked at it with his magnifying glass.

Sherlock Holmes appeals to millions of readers because of his suspense that sets a tone in his stories. In the Red Headed League Sherlock went down to the cellar of the bank to hopefully catch the criminals. It brought the story level to intensity because the plot leads to darkness inside the cellar. The story rise action was when Sherlock asks Mr. Watson to bring a gun. …show more content…

Dr. Watson is an assistant to Sherlock Holmes because Sherlock told Watson to bring a gun to the cellar of the bank just in case. The other thing is that Watson can’t spot clues just as fast like Sherlock. Most of the time Watson does not really know what is going on sometimes; Sherlock usually tells him most of the time. Is when he asks Sherlock about Mr. Wilson if it was a mystery and told Sherlock how you spotted

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