Holmes vs. Watson

***A Scandal in Bohemia 本案則是仿自愛倫·坡筆下的《失竊的信》一案。 《新世紀福爾摩斯》第二季第一集貝爾戈維亞醜聞 影片欣賞 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaDfTP7zohQ Sherlock Holmes A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA synchronized text audiobook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S63dxXpB6mI

福爾摩斯和華生是最佳拍檔，但是，也有很多不同，一個理性、冷酷的偵探，一個醫生、助手、說故事的能手，特質如下：

Sherlock Holmes: the epitome of a detective

1. The reputation of detectives relies upon their prowess in observation, analysis, and deduction.
2. Sherlock Holmes is characterized by his well-developed sense of observation to gather adequate clues or facts and his amazing deductive analysis to distinguish potentially meaningful information for “red herrings.”
3. The art of detection is the process of screening out the vital elements from the seemingly incidental occurrences.
4. “Once the impossible explanations had been eliminated, whatever remained, however improbable, must be the truth.”
5. differential diagnosis and deductive reasoning
6. the interlevel activity that combines attention to a range of detail from the molecular to the environmental, social, and cultural dimensions
7. accurate knowledge
8. cold bearing
9. unsympathetic attitude
10. a kind of calculating machine
11. exemplary diagnostic physician --> the cult of Sherlockians
12. eerie trick of spotting details
13. keen observation and crucial insights
14. signs/ clues

John Watson: the reliable assistant and narrator

1. narrative as a means of organizing the details
2. confidant (is a character in a drama or novel who plays only a minor role in the action, but serves the protagonist as a trusted friend to whom he or she confesses intimate thoughts, problem, and feelings.)
3. To have access to a character’s state of mind and of intruding into the narrative in order to communicate such information to the reader.
4. a medic
5. find particular interest in the Sherlock Holmes adventures
6. pearls of wisdom
7. a dialogue between Watson and Holmes= a neophyte resident and attending physician
8. overall setting of each Holmes case
9. “inexplicable mysteries”
10. don’t have the same capacity as his counterpart in diagnosing and deducing the case
11. Watson looks like a beginner in each adventure and only gains further insight into the case as the chronology of the adventure progresses.

Each case can be a pedagogical showcase. 每一個案件，都像教學示範，華生和福爾摩斯像示範兩種不同角度看世界。

練習：

請讀A Scandal in Bohemia，列出此案件出現的人物，比較華生和福爾摩斯觀看這些人的不同角度。