In the Victorian era, a woman was to be seen and not heard. They were emotional rather than logical, and weak. This presented the perfect victim for a Victorian gentleman to rescue. As “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” and “The Hound of the Baskervilles” were written in this era, and were written to make money rather than a statement, it is not surprising that the female characters invented by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were generally …showed first 75 words of 1238 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1238 total…Mr. Sherlock Holmes were beaten by a woman’s wit. He used to make merry over the cleverness of women, but I have not heard him do it of late. And when he speaks of Irene Adler. . . it is always under the honourable title of the woman”(175). It is this character that shows that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did not completely believe that the proper Victorian woman was as all women could or should act.