Character History
The main antagonist of Sherlock Holmes, "The most brilliant mind of Europe" with a hereditary tendency to cruelty, Professor Moriarty was initially a secondary character, just necessary for the effective completion of a series of stories. However, the image turned out to be so intriguing that the directors and other followers of Arthur Conan Doyle were given it with additional sinister features of appearance and character, invested bright quotes in the mouth and made almost the same favorite of the public as the famous detective.History of character creation
The image of the "villain with standards" was created by Arthur Conan Doyle on the basis of the biography of the really existing criminal Adam Steward. He was the organizer of the international network, which produced robbees and theft, but with all the cruelty and criminal talents, the vortes insisted that his "six" refrain from the use of violence.
Also, Moriarty had a second prototype - Walter Loyad, a professor of mathematics from Oxford University, whose writer borrowed computational abilities and interest in artwork. However, in contrast to the vorte who has managed to visit the police and left detailed memoirs, the criminal acts of the Loyad (fakes and extortion) were never proven.
Initially, Doyle set the goal to surround the image of the criminal mystical halo, so the reader to the end remains in doubt even about the name of Moriarty. In the "empty house" it is mentioned that his allegedly name is James, but later in the book "The Last Case of Holmes" says that this is actually the name of his brother. In the new screening of Sherlock, the character is called Jim.
The appearance of the hero is described only in one story - "The Valley of Horror." Moriarty Hood, high and greatly looks like a priest because of high-speed speech and soft, deceic behavior manner. In his narrow face framed by the gray hair, there is nothing frightening. The literary characteristic of the appearance was subsequently taken into service not all directions - many considered that on the screen this image would look boring.
Fate of Professor Moriarty
Moriarty was born in a decent family and received a brilliant education. Sherlock Holmes regret mentions his natural tendency to cruelty and a crime, which, in conjunction with an extraordinary mind, made a criminal genius unusually dangerous. Professor is not a nickname: Moriarty really received this title in one of the universities, where he headed the Department of Mathematics. To leave the former place of work, it was forced to "dark rumors."Initially, the writer introduced Moriarty as a spectacular way to "get rid" from the Holmes boring him, because she considered that the story about the detective begins to degenerate into the boulevard fiction. It acts in total in two stories and is mentioned in five, while in the end it does not die as a result of the famous heroes of the heroes at Rechenbakh Falls.
In the original series of stories of the deceased Sherlock, the author had to be resurrected, but he did not restore the line of Moriarty, forcing Holmes to eliminate the remnants of his grouping. He nevertheless gained the second life in numerous sequels written by Arthur's imitators Conan Doyle, however, the image of a criminal genius has changed beyond recognition, up to the acquisition of paranormal abilities.
Professor Moriarty in films and books
For the first time, the enemy of Sherlock Holmes appeared in the Danish film adaptation of 1908, where Gustav Lund played. In 1976, the role of Moriarty went to Lawrence Olivier in the 1976th solution.
In the film "Sherlock Holmes: the game of shadows" with Robert Downey Jr. in the lead role of the fans to the latter hoped that the villain will play or at least voiced Brad Pitt, but the director Guy Richie chose Jared Harris.
In the Soviet cycle of films "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson", Viktor Evgrafs played the role of Moriarty, and Oleg Dal voiced. The artist decided to add his character who was absent in the original small hump and a non-moving look.
Brighter, the image of the main antagonist was developed in the series "Sherlock". Original Moriarty From Arthur Books Conan Doyle Scriptures considered faded, and the image itself of an elegant, conscious and exquisitely polite villain is too banal and "lighted." As a result, from a subtle and cautious person, he was turned into sadist and a psychopath with a painful sense of humor. Later, the authors explained that Sherlock's enemy did "absolutely crazy" so that on his background, the asocial owner looked humble.
The serial head of the criminal network, played by the Irish actor Andrew Scott, is obsessed with the idea to put Holmes in place and for this not thinking about tortured, murder and insane tricks.
I need you, "convinces Jim of a young detective. - Without me, you are nothing. We are the same - you and me, only you are boring and chapely, because you are on the side of the angels.Quotes
In the world of locks the keys owner - the king. Full, Mr. Holmes. You are too smart and, of course, understand me: you need to eliminate. You yourself behaved so that there is no other outcome. I experienced intellectual pleasure, watching your methods of struggle, and believe me, would be distressed if you were forced to resort to extreme measures ... You smile, sir, but I assure you, I say sincerely. The perception is like a flight. Is that with a more expected end.Filmography
- 1908 - "Sherlock Holmes in mortal danger"
- 1931 - "Sleeping Cardinal"
- 1939 - "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"
- 1942 - "Sherlock Holmes and Secret Weapons"
- 1945 - "Woman in green".
- 1976 - "Seven-percent solution"
- 1988 - "no single evidence"
- 2003 - "League of outstanding gentlemen"
- 2010 - "Sherlock"
- 2011 - "Sherlock Holmes: game of shadows"
Bibliography
- 1893 - "Last Case Holmes"
- 1914 - "The Valley of Horror"
- 1903 - "Empty House"
- 1903 - "Contractor from Norwood"
- 1904 - "Missing Rugby Play"
- 1917 - "His farewell bow"
- 1924 - "Lace Customer"
- 1999 - "Mandala Sherlock Holmes. Adventures of the Great Detective in India and Tibet "
- 2003 - "Etude in Emerald Tones"
- 2011 - "Silk House"