This paper focuses on the genesis of one of the most iconic friendships and juxtaposes the literary birth of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson with their televisual re-birth. Furthermore, it is primarily concerned with the evolving friendship between the well-known inhabitants of 221B Baker Street and the question of whether or not it might be regarded as “symbiotic”.
In addition to an analysis of the homosexual innuendos that occur in A Study in Pink, there will be a brief section on the city of London, which is often perceived as a third protagonist.
Due to the finite length of this paper, other aspects concerning the crime case, literary adaptation theory/filming politics, the visual aesthetics of A Study in Pink and the question of (post)modernity have either only briefly been touched on or been omitted altogether.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. A Very Brief History of A Study in Scarlet and A Study in Pink
3. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson: Early Days of a Friendship
3.1 Introducing Watson
3.2 Introducing Holmes
3.2.1 First Impressions
3.2.2 Deductions
3.2.3 Social Interactions
3.3 Getting to Know Each Other
3.4 Symbiosis
3.5 Homosexuality
4. London, the Third Protagonist
5. Conclusion
Bibliography
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- Elisa Valerie Thieme (Author), 2013, (Re)Introducing Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/232581
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