ROLE OF NARRATOR AND DR.

WATSON

PRESENTED BY:- MAHRUKH SAIF

PRESENTED TO:- PROF. MUMTAZ AHMED
ROLL NO:- 2948/539963
COURSE TITLE:- POPULAR NARRATIVE
COURSE CODE:- ENG-601
BS ENGLISH LITERATURE
8TH SEMESTER (EVENING)
 “INTRODUCTION TO ARTHUR CANON”

• Born in 1859 and died in 1930.

• British writer and Physician.
• Created a character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for study in Scarlet.
• First four novel and 56 short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson.
 “INTRODUCTION TO THE ADVENTURES OF
SHERLOCK HOLMES”
• Collection of 12 short stories .
• Written by Arthur Canon.
• 1st published on 14 Oct. 1892.
• Stories in THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
identify and try to correct, social injustice.
 “INTRODUCTION TO DR. WATSON”

• Full name is John H. Watson.

• Holmes’ friend, assistant and flatmate.
• A fictional character in Sherlock Holmes.
• 1st appearance in the novel “A Study in Scarlet”(1887).
• Last appearance in “ The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place(1927).
• Described as a classical Victorian-era gentleman.
• Appeared in various films, TV series, video games and radio programs.
 “WATSON AS HOLMES'S BIOGRAPHER”

• At the end of the first published Holmes story, ”A Study in Scarlet “, Watson is so
incensed by Scotland Yard’s claiming full credits for its solution that he exclaims: ”yours
merits should be publicly recognized.yu should publish an account of the case”.
• In 1st chapter of “The Sign of Four” Holmes comments on Watson’s first effort as a
biographer.
• In “The Adventure of Silver Blaze”, Holmes confesses,” I made a blunder, my dear
Watson –which is ,I am afraid, a more common occurrence that anyone would think who
only knew me through your memoirs”.
 “CENTRAL NARRATOR OF
HOLMES”
• Watson has total control over the arrangements of who says what and when.
• But Holmes tales are heavy on dialogue and even more importantly , they contain
lengthy testimony from other characters, often inflected with the accent of those
characters
 “PHYSICAL APPEARANCE”

• Describe as” thin as a lath and brown as a nut” in Scarlet.

• Describe as” strongly built with a thick strong neck and a small moustache”.
• Watson used to be an athlete: It is mentioned in “The Adventures of the Sussex
Vampire(1924)”
• Describe as "a middle-sized, strongly built man , square jaw thick neck "in “The
Adventures of Charles Augustus Milverton(1899).
• Describe as “ a heavily built, elderly man with a grey moustache” in “His Last Bow(1914).
 “WATSON’S SKILLS”
• Attempt to solve crimes on his own using Holmes’
methods.
• For example, in ”The hounds of the Baskervilles",
Watson clears up many mysteries confronting .
• Represented as being very discreet in character.
• Presenting a story “the Adventure of the Lodger”,
Watson notes that he has “made a slight change of
name and place”.
 “RELATIONSHIP WITH HOLMES”

• Their relationship demonstrates the power of friendship in a changing world

• Watson helps Holmes work through his thinking, challenges him on different points, and
provides an emotional resource to the solitary .
• By being available for his friend, Watson is an essential part of Holmes’s crime-solving
toolkit.
 “CONCLUSION”

• As well the men’s shared history makes Dr.Watson

an invaluable asset to the detective.
• Holmes’s cases bring him into contact with humans
at their worst ;he encounters murderers thieves and
other damaged people who can’t be trusted.