Comments | brennaraven: school paper input

brennaraven

school paper input

Apr 14, 2009 21:36

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pacific12th April 15 2009, 01:50:12 UTC

i think they both sound interesting...i think the second one would be easier to find sources and develop questions for peer review.

boundowl April 15 2009, 03:02:20 UTC

I think either would be very interesting. I haven't read 'Birthmark' so I can't comment on it specifically, but as a Sherlockian (ASH, Sophy Kratides) I'm a fan of Irene Adler. If you go with that, I might be able to get you an interview if that would be useful. As a general piece of advice (if you want it), make sure to bring up points of comparison in a contrastive paper, because that's what makes the contrast interesting.

Your second idea sounds very Goth and interesting.

BTW, there are tons of refs out there comparing Sherlock Holmes to M Dupin, as two early fictional detectives. Don't know if that's useful at all. Have fun with the paper!

brennaraven April 15 2009, 03:09:32 UTC

I was trying to steer clear of the Dupin/Holmes comparisons, since we covered that in class a lot. It may be a nice easier way to go. I had never read Doyle before this class and I love him now, so I would like to bring him into my paper. I don't think I'd need to go as far as an interview though. :) It's just a 2 page paper.

There's also the idea of "unreliable narrator" which spans Watson, Dupin's narrator, and the character William Wilson (who I couldn't stand).

boundowl April 15 2009, 03:16:15 UTC

Ah, fair enough.

Why are you considering Watson an unreliable narrator? He is scrupulous in his reporting! Okay, he romanticizes, but that doesn't make him unreliable.

Ooh, does this mean I can take you to ASH sometime and introduce you to other Sherlock Holmes-loving people?

brennaraven April 15 2009, 03:22:25 UTC

Watson has to deal with Holmes' advanced thought process. He doesn't catch everything Holmes does and therefore misses crucial information until Holmes explains it. The audience doesn't have all the information, which is why I called Watson unreliable.

What exactly is ASH?

skye_princess April 15 2009, 06:57:08 UTC

Both ideas sound really good, but I am more intrigued by idea #2. It has been a long time since I have read "Cask of Amontillado" and I have never read "Young Goodman Brown", but you could discuss the significance of the device each character uses to lure their victims into darkness - wine, especially. This brings up some good theological discussion which might aid the peer review (and give you some questions to bring along).