Sherlock Holmes Character Theories

William Shakespeare wrote the tragic love story, Romeo and Juliet. The play is about two star-crossed lovers who happen to from feuding families that are filled with hate. The play is set in a city called Verona, it describes the problems and conflicts that happens when two children fall in love from hateful families. Shakespeare used the motif of love vs. hate in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is developed by an extended metaphor and a simile to describe how two people that loves each other, but their family doesn’t like each other.

With this in mind, john proctor was not a loyal man towards his family. It was not right for proctor to turn on his wife Elizabeth just for the little bit of lust he was wanting at the moment. Despite his past Proctor did well in the end and admitted to his mistakes. ' ' And there 's your first marvel that I can. ' '

In The Devil in the White City Erik Larson told the stories of two brilliant men at the same time. One man was a nice, caring, hard-working, and a family man; the other was a deceitful, cheater, with a twisted appetite to murder young women and children. Burnham’s father wanted him to go to Harvard or Yale so bad had forced Burnham to study with a multitude of private tutors. Burnham had a severe anxiety disorder which made him so anxious he did not perform well on tests... therefore he never passed.

There a crucial moments in the stories though that turn the tables for characters and make them question if what they've been doing or have done is the right thing to do. In the story “Cons” Lisa finds out that the girl her husband killed while drunk driving suspiciously happens to look just like her. This makes Lisa a totally different person. Was her relationship actually about love? Or was it just to comfort her husbands remorse?

You can see that John Proctor is a good man, he tries to help everyone and he does not meddle in the lives of others, he is considered an upstanding member of the community. John Proctor is a hardworking middle aged farmer, husband, and father. People love and respect him although they know he is not without human failing. For example with Mary, when the Counsel take Proctor’s wife, He starts to scream at her and almost hits her. I understand that he doesn’t want to lose his wife but, he can be gentler with her or when he has an affair with their teenage servant Abigail Williams, a girl that tells lies, manipulates her friends and the entire town, and eventually sends innocent people to their deaths.

Growing up a swimmer, I know how much work it takes just to swim 0.1 seconds faster in a race. From hours working on technique, to a couple minutes of sprints after practice, the chances of change are gradually increased. If any athlete is asked if it takes dedication to achieve his or her goals, almost all will answer yes. Progress is not made without determination. Like athletes, people during the time of Chicago World’s Fair possessed a lot of ambition.

The story is about a tragedy death of two star-crossed lovers, and how they fell in love falling in love. Romeo starts by going after a girl named Rosalina, and then falls madly in love when the beauty of Juliet. Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulet’s party, and then fall instantly in love, with each other, and get married in the Friar Laurence office. While Romeo and Juliet physically committed the acts that ended there own lives, the long-stand family feuding and fate should be blamed for their deaths.

Do as you wish, then.” (Miller 51) “I'll not have your suspicion anymore.” (Miller 51) “The reader quickly infers that John Proctor had the affair because Elizabeth is cold, emotionless and a detached woman. Elizabeth is naïve about the situation and wants to still believe she is living a perfect life.”

William Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet” is about, two young people falling in love  two different rivaling households. Having faced the utmost odds, Romeo and Juliet fall in love upon first sight, and pursue each other. However, while trying to be together, they make some unfortunate decisions that ultimately lead to the tragic end. In the story

Even though Watson often feels “oppressed with a sense of my own stupidity in my dealings with Sherlock Holmes.” He not only remains a friend to Sherlock, but many times trusts him in dangerous situations. In the passage Sherlock tells Watson “there may be some

They both didn’t understand each other which was a problem because they were lying to themselves. They couldn’t get past the differences and love each

Once you deeply analyze the characters relationships you come the realization that love is barely present. Each relationship appears to contain love for the wrong reasons. They portray love as money and riches. The women in the book find a man based on his money and how he can provide for her. They fail to search for a man they have an actual emotional connection with, because of this the men feel like the only way to find “love” is becoming rich and flaunting it for everyone to see..

“Star-crossed lovers, heartbreaks and regret. When I look in your eyes I wish we never met.” Therefore, even though Romeo and Juliet met and had fun while it lasted it shows how emotionally that they wished they never did since their love made them die. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a play about two star-crossed lovers that are from opposing household who fall in love,marry, and then die. Romeo and Juliet was made back in the Elizabethan era where they more realide on the stars for what going to happen in the future.

There may be love at the first encounter and relationships flourish, but it doesn’t always go smoothly. Although there is conflict the audience can tell that the people in the relationship still have feelings for one another and will work to mend the relationship. An example of a conflict in Hitch is when the love stories intertwine and the news breaks out that Alex Hitchens is the Date Doctor. He is the one who sets up men to use women, or so the ladies think. In reality the girls who have been affected by Hitch due to his relationship advice, actually did fall in love and they may not have ever met their soul mate without Hitch.

BBC’s Sherlock is a modern take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth. It is one of the most well plotted shows on television today, and implicitly imbibes various strategic concepts. In this project, we have used our knowledge of game theory to analyze situations from the show. Some of the concepts we have tackled include dominant strategies, sequential games, repeated games, Mexican standoff etc. Our aim has been to derive an equilibrium using game theory and then compare it to the actual outcome on the show.