With each passing class, I am amazed by the sheer amount of detail and social commentary evident in these Victorian illustrations, revealing how instrumental they were for depicting the social issues of the time period. In today’s class, I was able to examine that quite clearly with Zeinab’s analysis of the beggar illustration within “The Man with the Twisted Lip”. Not only did it address the very Victorian value of classism, but also our lack of development in contemporary Western society.

Sidney Paget does something interesting when it comes to illustrating Sherlock Holmes; and that is, he almost contrasts the words being said. He does this in a way where the text and image relate and make sense and aren't contradictory. But, since he had creative freedom, we see where Paget brought in his own creative liberty and how he saw the characters and scenes he was illustrating for. When it came to the images discussed in presentations today, it is very clear that many if not all these images touched upon fin-de-siècle ideologies and prejudices held at that time.

I really enjoyed listening to today's presentations on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and examining the correlation between text and image. It is very obvious to me that every single image that was discussed in class today represents fin-de-siècle ideologies of the late nineteenth century such as issues surrounding imperialism, race, gender, and classism.