Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Introduction
In the war against crime, JamesMoriarty has been the Holmes top antagonist. Contrary to Holmes being a genius in solving crimes, Jamesis best at orchestrating them.His criminal territory is spread across the continents of the world.His criminal activities are known to very few including Dr.watson and Holmes. At a small prestigious college, he is a respected professor. He is a mathematics professor which makes him famous in the small the small field. Those intellectuals around him have always worked around the clock to ensure his deeds do not direct back to the professor.

Discussion
The professor had a brother known as Colonel James Moriarty. He wrote letters defending the professor. The professor was described as a philosopher, abstract thinker with a first order brain. According to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle James sits motionless, just as a spider in the middle of its web, although the web has a lot of radiations, and he recognizes every palpitation of each of them.”

He was argued to be among the first super villains. He has featured in “The Valley of Fear”, “The Empty House and “The Final Problem”. Traven observes that Moriarty used to swing his head sideways, ready to strike like a snake. He was further accused of paying henchman Moran a huge amount of money. He had inspector Mac Donald on his side. The inspector stated that when he went to visit him, he embraced him like a father.
 
Moriarty is mentioned in five other stories by Holmes: The Norwood Builder, The Illustrious Client, The Missing Three-Quarter, His Last Bow and The Empty House.

Moriarty acts a direct part in only one other of Doyle's Holmes stories: "The Valley of Fear". In this book, Holmes tries to prevent James's agents engaging into acts murder. In this story, Moriarty and Holmes do not meet.

Conclusion
Traven concluded by saying that he thought Moriarty being behind the scenes was the best thing. He went ahead to say that Moriarty was the crime itself.

Work Cited
Gardner, J. (2008). Moriarty.Orlando: Harcourt.

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