The first difference between A Study in Pink (Sherlock Episode) and A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes story), is the title obviously. The second difference is that in A Study in Pink, the victim is a woman. In A Study in Scarlet, the victim is a male. In both versions, they were killed by a cab driver. Both cabbies had aneurisms. The difference between them is that in A Study in Pink, it was in his brain. In A Study in Scarlet, it was in his heart. Going off of that, in A Study in Pink, the cabbie was shot before Sherlock could take the poisoned pill. In A Study in Scarlet, the cabbie dies from his aneurism in prison. Both versions have the same location and Sherlock and John meet the same way. In both, the cabbie gives his victims a choice of pills. The biggest difference is in A Study in Pink, Sherlock said the woman was trying to write Rachel, but Anderson brings up the fact that Rache is revenge in German. In A Study in Scarlet, everyone thought the murdered was going to write Rachel, but was disturbed and didn't get to finish. The murder was actually writing Rache. The last small thing that was different was in A Study in Pink, the cabbie killed 4 people. In A Study in Scarlet, he killed only two for revenge.
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I love the differences you pointed out! I'm currently writing a paper on the differences between the two though, and I was wondering; are there any other major differences literature wise? i.e issues/themes/motifs, characters, narrative voice (1st person narrator vs 3rd person narrator), setting/perspective.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! (:
You missed the biggest difference between them. It is also the thing makes arthur conan doyle a great writer while moffat and his partner being a just above-average writer (I admit they're good as a tv show producer but not writer.)
ReplyDeleteScarlet ver. Has a motive about revenge of great love and criticism for fnatics who ran out from another fnatics being harsh to others just like the original ones. It makes Scarlet one of the greatest novel in history, not just a great mystey novel.
Pink ver. Has some kind of deep motive that cross people's heart too. But insurance money and joy for kill plus criticism for people being arragant in front of cabbies is not that much heart-breaking as Scarlet ver. Does.
Basically, moffat and his team did a great job as a tv show but as a novel, sir arthur wins like always.