Презентация на тему Личность Шерлок Холмса: миф и реальность

explore the world of
Sherlock Holmes

He is a famous writer. He was born in

Scotland. He was
а doctor and his medical knowledge was a great help
to him in his detective stories. The name Sherlock
Holmes became a name that everybody knew.

a person a world-famous legend?
Unforgettable. Brilliant.
Ageless. Immortal.
Can all

these qualities
be attributed to Sherlock Holmes?

we are told that he is able to solve

a problem without leaving his home. He specializes in solving unusual cases using his extraordinary powers of observation and logical reasoning.

Holmes to his teacher at the medical school of

Edinburgh University, the gifted surgeon and
forensic detective, Joseph Bell.
Holmes was named after Oliver Wendell Holmes, whom Conan Doyle admired, and an English cricketer named Sherlock.

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media as wearing a deerstalker hat and smoking a

pipe.
Holmes is described as a tall, lean gentleman with sharp eyes, and an aquiline nose. Despite his lean build, he is quite physically capable. He is a skillful boxer and fencer.

his habits as "Bohemian." He may suffer from bipolar

disorder

Modern readers of the Holmes stories are apt to be surprised that he was an occasional user of cocaine and morphine

Holmes is quite fearless.

inference as deduction using general principles. Holmes demonstrates his

abilities to new clients by making on-the-spot deductions about their personalities and recent activities.

Holmes deduction

his writings, usually because he relates them as exciting

stories rather than as objective and detailed reports.

Watson was the great detective's loyal companion and Holmes was aware of his value.
In many of the stories, Holmes is assisted by the practical Watson, who is not only a friend but also his chronicler.

Doctor Watson

and classical music.
He was reserved towards women,
because

he felt their influence a distraction to his work,
Holmes took an interest in a Miss Irene Adler,
whom he always referred  to as 'the woman'.
She was born in New Jersey in 1858.

Holmes and women

the Final Problem“

"A Scandal in Bohemia“

"The Adventure of the

Empty House“

"The Five Orange Pips“

"The Adventure of the Second Stain“

"The Adventure of the Devil's Foot“

"The Adventure of the Priory School“

The Baker Street Journal's list:

"The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle“

"The Adventure of Silver Blaze“

"The Adventure of the Six Napoleons“

"The Adventure of the Dancing Men“

"The Adventure of the Empty House"

Famous books
about Sherlock Holmes

business to know what other people don't know.“

"The air

of London is sweeter for my presence."

"My brain has always governed my heart.“

""A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her."

"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.“

"You can never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant.“

"Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last”

in a Victorian lodging house at 221b Baker Street

between 1881-1904, according to the stories written by Conan Doyle.
The house was built in 1815 .
It is open as a museum dedicated to the life and times of Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived in a Victorian lodging house at 221b Baker Street between 1881-1904, according to the stories written by Conan Doyle.
The house was built in 1815 .
It is open as a museum dedicated to the life and times of Sherlock Holmes.

The Sherlock Holmes Museum

can sit in Mr. Holmes’s armchair
to pose for photos,

and  enter his bedroom.

of the world.