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Chief Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis(in connection with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson) First, I want to pick out some detective elements of the ealiest times of literature. From the time people started to write literary works, mystery and the solution of mystery can be traced in the history of literature. In the Bible the story of Cain and Able is the first, where the reader can observe a crime, a murderer, a motive for the murder. The only necessary characteristic missing is the detective. God solves the enigma and of course God doesn't need any deductive method to do this. Another mystery might be the story of Susana in the Bible (Daniel 13). Here the detective can be Daniel, though God helps him to resolve the enigma. Of course it lacks the strict regulations of a detective fiction, but the mystery and the solution can be observed clearly. From the middle of the 19th century till recent years, detective fiction has developed to be a widely accepted and popular literary genre. Though some literary theorists claim that it should not be taken so seriously. Edgar Allan Poe was the first writer, who introduced the basics of detective fiction, though mainly in the United States.
Watson could only observe deducing, and sometimes he tried to prove that he can as well tell something hidden characteristic of a person simply by observing and deduction. Chief Inspector Morse could be similar to Doyle's Holmes and Sergeant Lewis is comparable to Dr. That "sometimes" usually meant the occasions, when Morse had done with his deductive thinking and the larger part (mostly the unpleasant) of the work was left to Lewis, while Morse moistened his clay with a pint of bitter or whiskey. For example in The Inside Story, when Lewis talks about the crack on the walll in his kitchen, then he compares this subsidence with an earthquake: "More like an eatrhquake, sir". He doesn't know more than the reader himself/herself. As these latter addressing respects, "my old friend" might often have a slightly ironic tone, which was an excellent way of expressing the differences between their level of intelligence. In Doyle's stories Watson is the narrator. Lewis always obeyed the orders he got from Morse and did not wish to become more than the assistant of his superior officer. In Doyle's detective stories the investigator is not a police officer, moreover he despises and often abashes the inspector of the police. For example, in Doyle's Sign of the Four Watson gave Holmes a watch and asked Holmes to tell him about the owner of it as much as he could. In the case of Sherlock Holmes and Watson, a well-mannered addressing was used. Colin Dexter's Chief Inspector Morse also had to die, but he died as a simple man. There are basic differences how Lewis and Watson are treated by their admired investigator.
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