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point of Irene Adler as the only woman Holmes respected, some saying this is a
bad thing and some fantastic ones saying it’s a good thing. This is my response
to both, originally posted on a </i><a href="http://reloha.tumblr.com/post/31684514831/irene-adler-not-the-only-woman" target="_blank"><i>reblog</i></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face";"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>, and then getting its very own
spotlight on my all-</i><a href="http://the-elementarian.tumblr.com/post/31960635838/the-point-of-irene-adler-not-the-only-woman" target="_blank">Elementary</a> <i>blog, </i><a href="http://the-elementarian.tumblr.com/"><i>The Elementarian</i></a><i>, and now here, with slight revisions</i>.</span></span></div>
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Irene Adler isn’t the only woman Holmes respected, and indeed, what kind of
point would it be if she were? Then it just says that Holmes met one woman who was
worthy of respect; the end. But turn it another way; look at it under this
light: Holmes met a woman who made him realize that there was more to women.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this (chronologically), he had been sympathetic to women, always ready, with
Watson, to take on the role of knight-errant. Mary Morstan even refers to them
as such in <i>The Sign of Four</i>. Holmes says of Miss Morstan, now
Watson’s fiancée, “I think she is one of the most charming young ladies I ever
met, and might have been most useful in such work as we have been doing. She
had a decided genius that way; witness the way in which she preserved that <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Agra</st1:place></st1:city> plan from all the
other papers of her father.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is little evidence in the stories of an active “dislike” of women; although
Watson might have been fooled, the reader seldom is. As for a distrust, Holmes
didn’t trust anyone, and I would go so far as to say there are examples that
show he didn’t trust Watson completely, nor was he worthy of being so trusted
himself, which he probably knew. He knew the proscribed conditions of women’s
lives, and, because of this, he was not unsympathetic to them.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face"; font-size: 16.0pt;">If
meeting Irene Adler opened Holmes' eyes a little further to the fact that women
could reach beyond their assigned roles, that’s a much more exciting concept
than her point being that she was the one woman who equaled or approached
equaling or beat him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fact, there is debate about whether she was the woman mentioned in “The Five
Orange Pips,” when Holmes says, “I have been beaten four times—three times by
men, and once by a woman.” The case is dated earlier than “A Scandal in
Bohemia,” so we are left with the possibilities of misdating or a woman who
beat Holmes before Irene Adler, perhaps not such an honorable woman or one so
worthy of respect.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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say that Adler’s narrative function is to make Holmes more aware of the possibilities of
women. Mary Morstan had a decided genius for detective work, but she married
Watson and was happy with that kind of life. Perhaps it was so for all women. </span></div>
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he is ultimately more sympathetic than his client. And in the end, she shows
the king mercy when she has him in her power; this is what puts her on a
“different” (higher) “level” from the king. Holmes is not in love with Adler,
but he sees her more clearly in the end, understands and admires her. His
education in the matter of brave, intelligent women is underway.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“The Copper Beeches” (a case usually dated by chronologists as 1890, two years
after the date given for “A Scandal in Bohemia”), Violet Hunter functions very
much as the investigator on the scene (in his fascinating book, <b>The Secret
Marriage of Sherlock Holmes, and Other Eccentric Readings</b>, Michael Atkinson
writes that “Violet is as bright and observant as Holmes—and is the better
detective”) and wins praise from the consulting detective: “You seem to me to
have acted all through this matter like a brave and sensible girl, Miss Hunter.
Do you think that you could perform one more feat? I should not ask it of you
if I did not think you a quite exceptional woman.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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late as “The Lion’s Mane,” when Holmes has retired to keep bees in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sussex</st1:place></st1:country-region>, he says
of Maud Bellamy that “she possessed strong character as well as great beauty”
and would “always remain in [his] memory as a most complete and remarkable
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“To Sherlock Holmes she is always <em>the</em> woman.”<br />
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<em>A Scandal in Bohemia</em> has one of the classic first lines in literature, right up there with “Call me Ishmael,” and “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”<br />
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Sherlock Holmes, a single man in possession of the wits to make his fortune, did not believe himself in want or need of a wife. But what were his feelings about <em>the</em> woman, Irene Adler?<br />
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According to Watson, Holmes felt no “emotion akin to love for her.” It might with justification be asserted that Watson is not always the best deducer of what Holmes is thinking or feeling, and Holmes is not that forthcoming with his feelings on all occasions. Perhaps it is good for business for him to be thought of as just an “observing and reasoning machine”; perhaps it is safer; there are, however, numerous moments in Watson’s chronicles that show Holmes’ emotions.<br />
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This is not, however, the same as saying Holmes was in love with Adler or even had a deep emotional investment in her. Putting aside such speculations, which have been well mined by many writers, as to Holmes’ having known Adler before or becoming involved with her later, let us examine the story at hand.<br />
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Although Holmes describes Irene Adler as having “a face that a man might die for,” it is open to debate whether <em>he</em> is that man. He certainly is untroubled by her marriage. The King of Bohemia cannot believe that she loves Godfrey Norton, but Holmes hopes she does because it will aid him in achieving his objective.<br />
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When he is wished a good-night by a familiar voice he has recently heard (although altered, probably deepened, as she is in the guise of a slim youth), Holmes cannot quite identify it. Is he off his game here? Or has he begun to feel himself on the wrong side of the case and decided to let the lady go? As an opera singer, Adler (now Norton) could be expected to have vocal control that might even fool Mr. Sherlock Holmes in a brief greeting without its reflecting badly on Holmes’ abilities or his intentions towards his client.<br />
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Holmes clearly enjoys working on this case. He enjoys disguising himself and misleading people. Even those who know him, like Dr. Watson and Athelney Jones, are often unable to recognise him, so Adler’s ability to penetrate his disguise, however belatedly, would be likely to impress him. Adler had been warned about Holmes, but, when her suspicions were awakened, she still had to change her outfit and arrive at 221B so close behind Holmes and Watson that they had not yet entered the building. (One suspects her of changing in the carriage on the way.) This quick-change ability is perhaps another by-product of her stage training, and yet another reason for Holmes to admire her once he receives the letter which gives him all this information.<br />
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For, offhand remarks regarding her looks aside, Holmes’ true admiration for Irene Norton, <em>née</em> Adler begins when, after arriving at her house and finding her flown with the photograph, he reads the letter. It is at this point that Holmes discovers many things to admire about Mrs. Norton.<br />
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She saw through <em>his</em> disguise.<br />
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She disguised <em>herself</em> with impressive speed.<br />
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Her disguise fooled <em>him</em>.<br />
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Finally, she has shown mercy to the King who, at least according to her letter (and her point of view), doesn’t deserve it.<br />
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Whether it was a moment of regret that he could not get to know such an admirable woman better or merely the desire for a memento of the adventure—and one which (an added bonus) might bother the King—that led Holmes to ask him for Irene’s photograph, Dr. Watson would never be able to tell us. Only Holmes knows. But I imagine him, after reading Watson’s account of the case, lecturing the good doctor for putting too much romance into it. Watson then, of course, objects that he clearly stated Holmes did not feel “any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler,” that “[a]ll emotions. . . were abhorrent to his cold, precise, but admirably balanced mind,” that “as a lover, he would have placed himself in a false position.”<br />
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“But you have laid so much emphasis on this,” Holmes retorts, “as to cause the reader to wonder if you are, like the lady in <em>The Murder of Gonzago</em>, protesting too much. I fear these rumours will dog my steps for quite some time.”<br />
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</div>Hunting Violets (Resa Haile)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03844308194471133943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8374146859837726506.post-38536909080014945822012-05-01T17:18:00.000-05:002012-05-01T17:19:02.998-05:00Anna in the Wind<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">My Facebook page supporting Lucy Liu being cast as Dr. Watson is up to 21 Likes. It has lots of links to other blogs with articles about race, gender, and, of course, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Lucy Liu.<a href="http://www.facebook.com/ProLiuLucyLiuAsDrWatson" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/ProLiuLucyLiuAsDrWatson</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.themarysue.com/lucy-liu-sherlock-holmes/" target="_blank"><b>American Sherlock Holmes Show Figures</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.themarysue.com/lucy-liu-sherlock-holmes/" target="_blank"><b> Out How to Get Us to Pay Attention to It:</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.themarysue.com/lucy-liu-sherlock-holmes/" target="_blank"> Lucy Liu as Watson</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://sarahtales.livejournal.com/194681.html" target="_blank">Thinkin' About Adaptations</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://cliqueclack.com/tv/2012/02/28/elementary-lucy-liu-watson/" target="_blank">Lucy Liu as Watson--Perfect or Problematic?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://lashingsofgb.blogspot.com/2012/03/curious-case-of-multiplicity-of-watsons.html" target="_blank"><b>The Curious Case of the Multiplicity of Watsons</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://shaddicted.tumblr.com/post/18428196873/lucy-liu-to-play-watson-in-cbs-modern-sherlock-holmes" target="_blank">Lucy Liu to Play Watson in CBS' Modern </a></b></span></div>
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<a href="http://madammiaow.blogspot.com/2012/03/lucy-lius-elementary-watson-casting.html?spref" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: small;"><b>Lucy Liu cast as Elementary Watson: </b></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://madammiaow.blogspot.com/2012/03/lucy-lius-elementary-watson-casting.html?spref" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: small;"><b>British Sherlock threatens turf war with U.S. show</b></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/feb/28/elementary-sherlock-lucy-liu" target="_blank"> Lucy Liu to partner US Sherlock</a></b></span></div>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">First, of course, I acknowledge that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It’s a Wonderful Life </i>is a classic of American filmmaking, combining elements of screwball comedy, drama, and film noir (the Pottersville sequence). It is a beautiful film, a favorite of mine; I admit this. If you haven't seen this film (which is within the bounds of possibility), go and watch it. I’ll wait here.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">Those who have seen the movie know how it ends: George Bailey finds that he really had a wonderful life because of what he has meant in the lives of others. In the uplifting final scene, what he has given to others comes back to him through an outpouring of love and support that saves him from imprisonment and scandal. It is, indeed, a wonderful ending.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">In the course of the film, we are shown George’s life, and we are shown what the lives of others would have been if George had never been born, but we are never shown a third possibility. We never see what life would have been like if George had succeeded in “shakin’ the dust of this crummy little town off [his] feet and see[ing] the world.” Perhaps if George’s father had not had that stroke—or if Potter had—or both. What might George’s life have been then?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><i>It’s a Wonderful Life</i> is a comedy and a tragedy. In the classical definitions of these terms, comedy means the hero wins and tragedy means the hero loses. In the traditional view of <i>It’s a Wonderful Life</i>, George Bailey is the hero and Mr. Potter the villain. George Bailey wins in the end because he realizes how wonderful his life truly is.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">But let us look at the picture in another way, shift the angle, change the lighting. George Bailey never got to do any of the things he dreamed of doing his entire life. Why? Because of Mary Hatch (later Bailey). Mary, like the couple in the story, “The Monkey’s Paw,” is an example of what happens when we are not careful what we wish for. She is the catalyst for all the bad things that happen to the man she loves.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">It is in the scene outside the old Granville house (which George says he wouldn’t live in “as a ghost”) that he makes his speech about “shakin’ the dust of this crummy old town” off his feet. He explains to Mary about breaking the glass (the windows of the house, its eyes, representative of the soul) and making a wish. George makes his hatful of wishes, about leaving town, building things, an extension of the dreams he has had since he was a boy, dreams with which we know Mary is familiar.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">A look of determination appears on her face, and Mary suddenly breaks a window of the old house, making her wish, the wish that sets the stage for everything that happens afterwards. Mary wishes that George’s wish does not come true, that he stays in town. This wish traps George in Bedford Falls. It is only a short time after this that George’s friends come to tell him that his father has had a stroke, keeping him from leaving for college. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">From the moment of Mary’s wish on, whenever George is close to leaving <place><placename>Bedford</placename> <placetype>Falls</placetype></place>, tragedy intervenes to stop him. Her wish traps not only George, but Mary herself, who never gets to go on her honeymoon, although she scarcely minds. George and Mary’s wedding night in the house where they have previously broken the windows, a house where the rain drips in through the leaking roof all the way down to the ground floor, is beautifully realized. But from the angle we view the picture, we can see that Mary’s wish is realized again; she has the house she wanted (which George did not) and, although she did not want to stop for the run on the bank, it was her wish at work again (be careful what you wish for); it is her wish that keeps George in Bedford Falls, in the service of everyone’s dreams but his own.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">It is his remaining in <place><placename>Bedford</placename> <placetype>Falls</placetype></place> that brings him to the brink of suicide, saved only by the intervention of an angel seeking to earn his wings. As we view the picture from this angle, we see that Mary Hatch is the villain in George Bailey’s tragedy.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"></div></div>Hunting Violets (Resa Haile)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03844308194471133943noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8374146859837726506.post-28117712789336335452011-12-02T15:40:00.019-06:002012-04-11T08:54:10.647-05:00Accidental Self-Portrait<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I reworked this painting so many times that it almost destroyed it.<br />
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