The Analysis of The Book "House Md" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

How far is Dr. Gregory House

In House MD a more sensationalized resemblance of Sherlock Holmes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

The novel is set in the 19th century in 221B baker street, London and the Television Series is set in the 21st century in fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital located in New Jersey. The change in setting and time grasps the audience through the change from an enterprise of 17th century; the United Kingdom to the Big Apple of this cent, United States of America. Sherlock Holmes is portrayed as an immoral Detective whose driving force of detective interest is the hunch of mysteries and murder. Dr.Gregory House is an unethical doctor practicing medicine as the Head of Department of Diagnostic Medicine and he finds peace and solace in curing patients who cannot be cured by any regular doctors. Detective Holmes is in his 60s and Doctor house is in his 40s. A more younger character makes the appeal to the audience and can bind the viewers to the norms and instances of the certain time period. The setting also contributes to the atmosphere of the TV series. The location of the hospital also plays a major role as the setting is in United States Of America which is the centre of all specialization in the 21st century whereas the centre of specialization during the 17th century was United Kingdom as the country was a dominant in industrial revolution and the evolution of europe which brought about futuristic ideas.

The setting of a hospital makes the audience anticipate more about the TV Series. There are instances where there is a near-to-death situation but the patient apparently lives. In the Novel the mystery starts with a murder of a confidant of United States and there is no more expectancy of any other incident. The setting of a hospital also allows House to play a role of God as in many instances he is pleaded by a family member of a patient to save his life. This act of near-to-death situation becomes really mainstream however to cut down on such an act a mafia boss is failed by House and the patient dies. This brings up serious question to an ending of the TV series whether the Doctor dies in the hands of the Mafia. The main dramatic influence of the TV series is the animation of the anatomy and the music along with the realistic chaos that happens with the patient. The animation highlights the tension and the ailment of the patient and thus it focuses on the importance of the setting of the hospital. This also has a target audience as the viewers who share interested in a medical drama are subject to that. The realistic chaos includes the informed consents, ethical treatments of patents and the realistic surgeries the patients go through. The music also plays a major role in building up the tension and the pace of the screenplay. The sounds of an MRI machine, EKG sounds and the eerie music with the association of soft strings sounds pace up the tension and provide a common ground for the sensationalization. The hospital also brings the aspect of importance of life into picture. On a comparative note the novel does brings in deaths and a few characters are saved from an accident, however the movie brings in numerous aspects of life and also internal conflicts which make the TV Series more appealing to the audience.

The setting incontestably settles the fact that House is a more sensationalized character as the factors suggest. Holmes, as a detective has his own investigation to cling in to and House has his patients from the department of diagnostic medicine add on with convalescents from the clinic duty which he despises and thus spends time on watching soap operas to get away from such responsibilities. The audience can connect with Holmes to an extent that he has an art in him to solve mysteries with deductive reasoning being a detective. However House implicates art of deduction and also his unethical and philosophical approach; “Everybody Lies” . This approach not only brings Holme’s art of deduction into picture but also the humane approach while practising medicine. House also depends on luck which also is believed to pull some audience, supporting the fact while treating inmates he actually has eureka moments while treating his subjects in the clinic. These elements, especially setting peak the capability of House becoming a more sensationalized portrayal of Sherlock Holmes CharacterHolmes is a drug addict just like House but be prefers to use cocaine for recreational use and to some extent for his work as well. House depends on Vicodin for his pain that he has to face everyday.

Although Holmes and House both use drugs and are dependent on these substances for their exertion, Holmes is thought to be more sensationalized as his type of drug is more fatal and imbued, however this is not the case as House is more sensationalized as he is seen having the drug quite frequently and also a background story is developed as to why he takes the drug which makes the character more viable for the audience to absorb. There is also a very distinguishable parallelism which is the character’s passion for music. Holmes has a Violin for his music and play it often. House however is seen to play his piano only in certain occasions notably when House and Wilson and a dispute and he was lonely. As house claims that Wilson is his only friend and additionally this provides a reason for music in the drama. This creates an impact of appreciation of friendship as the attestants empathise for house and at that point of time the use of music for appealing to the onlookers create a large impact. There is also another significant link. Sherlock is said to have autism sprectum which could also sum up the fact that his ignorant mindfullness.House has a stroke in his right thigh which was due to a infection and a wrong diagnosis. Both these characters have an influence of ailment which helps to sympathise for the audience. However the beholders can sympathise with House more conveniently as the idea of a stroke can be experienced by a larger target audience than the number of people who actually suffer from autism spectrum

The characterization is also a clever aspect in the TV series as House is given a more arrogant but ignorant role. The idea is also magnified by his cane; which he uses as a mean of locomotion and also to invoke humor into the audience. He is also a biker, and gets gaudy vehicle of such type to emphasise on the sensationalism whereas Holmes does not advocate to such a practice. House’s language is also a major reason for him to be a byronic hero. His distinct knowledge of the medical world and philosophy perfectly blends with his sense of humor reciprocating to his use of puns, adult jokes and witty comments. His clothing also suggest his rebellious attitude as he is the only doctor in the hospital and also amongst his colleagues who does not wear a lab coat. He is seen to wear a formal jacket along with formal pants and an untucked formal shirt. This also makes the attestants more formidable to him as he is seen to be a irrational doctor and they also have a soft corner for his due to his sense of humor and his childlike irrational actions. This also contributes to the establishment of a connection to the audience through a medium of humor as well as empathising for him for his ailment. House has mercurial change in sense of character and also employs numerous camera angles to advocate to such instances. The instance when he is serious he would have a focused approach toward the cas and also at times crack medical jokes for a comic relief. This is viewed from a wide and unfocused camera view, this is to mainly to ensure the fact that certain audience do not get offended due to the medical approach. He is also brought into focus when there are serious conversations and also causes an alienation effect to the other characters.

This is mainly brought to the notice of the attestants while there is a philosophical, emotional or a pivotal approach of the TV Series. There is also a mentionable approach; the anatomical representation is only done by the voice over of Dr.Gregory House and very rarely Dr.Lisa Cuddy is also seen to also do the voice over. This emphasises the magnification of the plot character in the exposition and the climax of the TV Series. House is also spontaneous in making cacophony with his cane as this is also a driving force in his art of deduction and his eureka moments at the clinic. This draws a clear line as to why the sensationalization is a success as there are elements which uplift the character of the TV Series and also creates a focal point as to why Sherlock Holmes is a more suppressed character than Dr.Gregory House MD. His characterization successfully highlights the philosophical and tarrogant aspect of the character. This also helps to blend to the thoughts of the deponents of this era; they feel that the character is more than just a Doctor with a medical degree and a falter leg. The figure is a blend of humor and sadist sense of approach toward friends and relations; this corresponds to the viewers attitude toward their own friends.NamesThere is an evident resemblance to the names of the characters and the setting, as it follows the synonym of the naming of the byronic hero.

The name of the protagonists follow the same synonymous name, House MD in the TV series and Holmes in the book. Looking at this from the phonetic perspective; they mean the same and draw a line to both the characters. Taking a different approach of analyzing the literal meaning, House refers to a shell and that can be taken to consideration of how the character in the TV series is also similar; he is hollow in the inside and has no relationship and often gets hookers to satisfy his sexual urges. Holmes on the other hand has a more deep and fathoming connection, almost to a family and relates to Irene Adler in Sherlock Holmes, who happens to be the female accomplice of Sherlock Holmes. This creates a sensationalized scenario of how House MD’s life is more tragic and the viewers are able to empathize along with the character to a larger extent.

The next name in consideration is the name of the antagonist of the Novel as well as the TV series which is Moriarty. The villain is defamiliarized in terms of virtues to bring about a paradigm shift in the TV series about the gentle James Moriarty of the Novel. This is followed by introduction of another character which is inspector lestrade and Dr. Eric Foreman. The name Foreman is associated with the naming of the African American originated people whereas the name Lestrade is originated from the French Origin. The literary device evidently associated with names is phonetics. The usage of aspirants and gliding vowels bring about a regularity of pronunciation of the names of characters. The aspirant /h/ is an evident one as the novel introduces the main character through this phonetic. This is also to generate a sense of awe and sigh into the character. The second phonetic is the gliding vowel which is also linked to Watson’s name. This also refers to the sense of mystery and anticipation of scenarios which levels with the main idea of the theme of the poem; murder and mystery. Doyle accomplishes in his objective in inflicting anticipation and tension into the audience.The idea of defamiliarization is also brought into the picture through the name and idea of Moriarty. In the Novel the antagonist is a professor who is noble and decent in nature; however the character Moriarty in the TV Series is taken down to a level of shooting Dr.House MD at a point blank. This creates a sensationalized view of the scenario of the characters. The camera angle is positioned to attain a glimpse of the whole shooting scene.

The novel makes a decent entry of predicting the fight of Holmes and Moriarty. This makes the approach of the injury of the protagonist a more concrete one as the novel bases the outcome on a prediction and the TV series shows the exact assault of House. This appeals to the attestants as a direct approach. This could be in relation to the chronography of viewing the TV series. This creates a sense of sensationalization of how names of characters and the context also influence the theme and the upheaval of the TV series. Taking into consideration of the names such as House and Holmes, Moriarty and Moriarty along with Foreman and Lestrade; the TV series has highlighted the name of characters in a more sensationalized manner through the use of contextual and theme based naming of the characters. This gives a more definitive meaning to the naming of the characters of the TV series. The naming of the characters such as Foreman is a sensationalized choice as the time period follows; there was the civil rights initiated by Martin Luther King jr may have an impact on the casting on the TV series given that Omar Epps (Dr.Eric Foreman) is the only dark skin toned character in the TV series where as the Novel dos not introduce any character of such resemblance. This makes an ethical and racial approach.

The fact that Dr.House MD cracks racial jokes on Foreman can also help the audience empathise and break a stereotype of their perception of such skin toned people. The fact that Holmes pursues detective and House practices medicine also sensationalizes the whole scenario. The atmosphere of a detective is also said to be in a police station but the book breaks the stereotype by making Holmes as an in house consultant. This brings about a slight change in the ideology of a detective but does not create the necessary impact for it to be called a paradigm shift of it being more sensationalized. The atmosphere of a medicine practicing person is predicted to be calm, decent and composed. However the atmosphere of House MD is filled with personal dilemma of characters combined with the tension and non-monotonous scenarios that appear in the TV series. The surroundings of the doctor chamber also emphasize on the tension that mounts up during the episodes. Novel is packed with the ever present literary device of diction and imagery which contributes to the establishment of the atmosphere of an in house detective. The usage of words like() brings about the image in the reader’s mind of the setting of a detective. This brings about the idea of a detective atmosphere of the novel. Highlighting the essence of the surrounding of the detective’s workplace makes the readers fit into the shoes of the detective by which they are able to understand and empathize with the various instances which may be a tough decision or a life threatening situation.

The TV series offers a more broad and in-depth aspect of the practice that House MD follows. This is brought about through the use of camera angles focusing onto the main and foil character to emphasis on the depth and intensity of the practice. This is emulsified by the use of music and jargon. The utilization of music brings about a tension and suspense at times of intensity to showcase the fact that the situation of a hospital is much more daunting and sensationalized. The use of medical jargon like ‘paraneoplastic syndrome’, ‘IV Immune globulin` and ‘hypercortisolism’ to add onto the medical atmosphere to emphasize on the tension. This in turn provides a more magnified view of the doctor’s scenario and the build-up of the situation. This makes the doctor’s scenario more sensationalized as the audience is able to connect to the scenario more easily with the viewers as they are

Conclusion

The findings subsequently follow up with the Research Question and answer the question as to why the character in TV series House is portrayed more sensationally. The change in scenarios, character and storyline along with the constants of the naming of the Protagonist, along with the naming of the address of both the main characters.