Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are perhaps the most famous team to partner in solving crimes.
Created by Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Holmes and Watson first appeared in A Study in Scarlet, published on Halloween in 1892.
Holmes, the finely tuned reasoning machine, took a starring role in the partnership, but what of Dr. Watson?
In the Sherlock Holmes stories, Dr. Watson is often shown in an ancillary (see definition and hear pronunciation below) role as a less brilliant sidekick.
Still, each of Holmes’ ingeniously solved crimes is told through Dr. Watson’s eyes, as narrator. As a former Army doctor, Watson also serves as a source of sound judgment and medical knowledge.
That’s quite an important role after all!
Cool word vocabulary question of the day: Are there any other “sidekicks” in movies, books or TV that play an ancillary—or perhaps no-so-ancillary–part in the action?
Ancillary: Providing something additional to a main part or function; subordinate; auxiliary.
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