Is Sherlock Holmes Really A Sociopath? What Conditions He Has
The BBC’s Sherlock made some changes to the famous detective Sherlock Holmes in order to adapt him, his cases, and the rest of the characters from the books to the modern world, and one of the biggest changes was Sherlock describing himself as a “high-functioning sociopath” – but is that really the case or does he have a different condition? One of the most popular and beloved characters in literature is Sherlock Holmes, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and who made his debut in 1887 in A Study in Scarlet. Sherlock Holmes became widely popular after the first batch of short stories was published, and he went on to appear in a total of four novels and 56 short stories.
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes and his variety of cases has been such from the beginning that they have been adapted to all types of media for over a century, and one of the most recent and successful adaptations is that by the BBC. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the series, simply titled Sherlock, premiered in 2010 and ran for four seasons, one special episode, and a Christmas mini-episode. Sherlock brought the famous detective (played by Benedict Cumberbatch), as well as Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman) and other characters from the books, to modern-day London, adapting them to technological advancements and more, but with this also came changes to the characters' personalities and behaviors.
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