A Study in Scarlet: An Exploration of Sherlock Holmes' Paranoid Personality
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https://doi.org/10.36586/jcl.2.2025.0.51.0173Keywords:
admiration, humiliation, suspiciousness, trust, selfish, delusionAbstract
A Study in Scarlet is a detective novel first published in 1887. The setting of the novel takes place in the late 19th century. The title of the Novel is derived from Sherlock Holmes' speech when he describes the investigation in any murder case as a "study in scarlet" to his friend Dr. Watson (Doyle, 1887, p.53). Conan Doyle introduces an ordinary figure with extraordinary analytic, detective abilities to solve complex cases and challenge the conventional ways that policemen use to solve cases. Holmes was a consulting detective who would become the most important famous detective in English literature. The novel explores different themes like crime, the impact of society on criminal behaviors, the effectiveness of science in solving crimes, and the difference between looking and observation. According to certain symptoms, this paper explores Holmes' paranoid issues in Doyle's novel A Study in Scarlet.
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