Comments on: The Madness of Sherlock Holmes

By: professormesmeri

professormesmeri — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:42:30 +0000

Sir Doyle is much more like our Moriarty than he is a Holmes.

By: mrgraystone

mrgraystone — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:36:36 +0000

Agreed than Doyle is no Holmes. But the Crandons are more of a threat than Doyle who is merely a fool.

By: litheshadow

litheshadow — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:17:39 +0000

Doyle always wanted to be a Holmes, however. And in some supernatural way, he succeeded.

By: coolperson50613

coolperson50613 — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:17:13 +0000

Doyle went into spiritualism after the deaths of those very close to him, including his wife, brother and son. Was he a fool? Maybe, but that was how he dealt with the depression caused by the deaths of his loved ones.

By: bookishmuch

bookishmuch — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:45:33 +0000

YEAH, ya think? He lost: wife, brother, two brothers-in-law whom he was close to, two sons, two nephews. all of these losses except the wife were results of WWI, which he wasn’t allowed to fight in on account of his health. he wasn’t evil, he was desperate and in despair, and he just went down the wrong path. I think god will forgive him.

By: naganokumas

naganokumas — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:52:10 +0000

We get the character ‘Sherlock’ from Doyle, and his experiences with Dr. Bell.
Watson’s character could arguably have been Doyle’s guilt, alleviating his vices (which might include some of Sherlock’s), and jealousy. He obviously had intelligence.

By: Pagali24

Pagali24 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:00:32 +0000

O. k. he becomed a spiritualist… excuse me but, what’s so wrong with that? I mean you can call it silly, ridiculous, but not evil. Spiritualists ARE NOT satanists or something. I’ve readed some very critical books about that. Those whole spiritualism thing is pretty weird (and a bit creepy in some cases) but (oh boring, I say it again)not evil or destructive in any way. They belive in mental mediums, in ghosts and fairies.

By: grendeljack

grendeljack — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:40:11 +0000

I think that it’s apparent that Doyle COULD have become Moriarty, but the creation of Holmes saved him. And the world around him from his inner Moriarty. And the world beyond him by virtue of inspiration. Modern detective work is founded upon scientific process made popular by Holmes.

By: xxVampiixx

xxVampiixx — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:25:22 +0000

pero por supuesto que tienes razòn!…i totally agree with you!!

By: 13thfloor7

13thfloor7 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:33:28 +0000

I hope he asked forgiveness and repented before he dies because if he didn’t God can’t forgive him even if God wanted to.