Sherlock
Holmes Is Alive!
How Sherlock
Holmes afficionados are keeping him alive today.
For many a literary fan it is
fun and
exciting to dress up and play the part of their favourite character,
but it seems
that no other character is quite as popular as that of a one Sherlock
Holmes.
His quirky, yet intelligent, actions in the stories of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle
make him one of the top literary characters that are researched and
requested
today. Even in death, he was a popular character, and the public begged
for his
resurrection. Doyle finally did give him back to the world and the
fans, who
would be seen wearing black armbands around their arms in public to
mourn for
the loss of the popular character.
Fans of Sherlock Holmes still play the
part, dressing up as various characters in the stories on regular
occasions to
act out a tale once a week or once a month in a meeting of the fans.
Such
interest in him is still so common that the museum
in his name still sees
thousands of visitors each and every year.
It is hard to believe that this
character has survived for greater than one hundred years due to his
fans. He
is the immortal detective. He is one that was resurrected from the dead
to once
again grace the pages of Doyle’s novels and make his fans even more
adoring.
A society has even been started in his
name. Members of this society regularly give updates and offer small
tidbits of
news for the viewing of the public. People interested in the great and
glorious
character can easily search the internet to find several topics related
to the
character or even fan groups and the all mighty Society of Sherlock
Holmes. How
many other literary characters have been so privileged as to have their
fans
create their very own society? This writer
cannot think of any other
than
Sherlock Holmes.
The fans adore him, the readers are
amazed by him, and people still attempt to portray him. Sherlock Holmes
is like
the Elvis of detective fiction. He is reputed to still be alive even if
only in the minds
of those fans who so greatly adore him. He is still commonly portrayed
in full
dress and fans still try to become him if even for only a few hours.
His
popularity has never faltered due to this fan base. So, as a reader and
a
writer,
I compare him to “The King” with his crazed but loyal fans and
interesting impersonators from Europe or London to the Las Vegas strip
where the
action is played out day after day after day.
His adoring fan base has
probably
increased the awareness of his existence much more easily than his
creator did
in the past and they are also responsible for the great art of
enactment of
him. It takes a genius to portray the life of a genius. Sherlock Holmes
is
therefore still alive, even if it is only in memory. He really never
died if
the decision was up to the fans.
Chris Haycock
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