2. Language Analysis
Here we can see that the type of writing
• Ah, how those Sherlock is relaxed and light hearted, it shows
boffins, Steven Moffat that we should take it seriously and
and Mark Gatiss, like to enjoy the read at the same time.
lead us up the garden
path – or should we
say, down into the Some slang is used here mixed with some
Dartmoor gully. The more advance language, this gives the
latest instalment of their impression of professionalism but with
super-cool, gizmo-tastic some more light heartedness.
modern salute to the
greatest sleuth ever
created even had us This type of writing is also fairly
thinking Sherlock neutral and tells us how it
Holmes could FEEL FEAR. is, therefore having the effect of
not telling us to watch it. It is still
our choice.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8998621/Sherlock-The-
Hounds-of-Baskerville-BBC-One-review.html
3. Stern Sister Evangelina (Pam Ferris) might not
have been amused, but the viewer could certainly
be tickled by their playful exchange:
In this small piece of
"Are you trying to summon up a fart?" said Sister text I have
Monica Joan. chosen, we can see
some quotes which
"No Sister, I'm praying for strength," Evangelina are from the
replied. programme. So by
And so with the gentle predictability that "it'll using quotes we can
use them to give a
turn out alright in the end", the programme taster of what is in
neatly tied up its assorted subplots and finished the programme.
on a rather sentimental end quote from narrator
Vanessa Redgrave as the mature Jenny.
