Ways of the Eccentric Detective Sherlock Holmes, known as a famous detective with peculiar abilities of observation possesses a contrary side that makes him notably original. In “The Red-Headed League” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Holmes is an eccentric character because of the double attributes he shows throughout the story. Foremost, the narrator, Dr. Watson observes at a concert that while Holmes was “gently waving his long, thin fingers in time to the music”, “his gently smiling face and his languid dreamy eyes are unlike those of Holmes, the sleuth hound”. Imagery paints the picture of Holmes, seemingly dominated by music and in a poetic mood. This contrasts the “brilliant reasoning power” he has that makes Holmes the successful detective he