In The Sign of Four, the main characters Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes both resemble two different worlds, one that is emotional, alive and full of pleasure, and one that is dull and strongly focused on one's duties. There seems to be an imaginary wall that separates these two polar characters, a wall alike to the one mentioned in Robert Frost's poem "Mending Wall." In both literary works, two individuals exist, each on opposite sides of the wall, to symbolize their different outlooks on life. On one side of the wall is the individual who seeks to live a three-dimensional lifestyle full of lo...

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