Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound Of The Baskerville

Suddenly, a low sound seems to ring through each of our ears, a moaning howl that I heard that I heard on the moor that afternoon with Stapleton. Sir Henry keeps questioning the sound and wondering what the locals say about that sound, but I try to change the subject, finally admitting that it is the howl of the Hound of the Baskervilles. As Sir Henry starts to sound very superstitious about the Hound, we spot Selden just as he seems to realize that he has been found. He took off and ran across the moor, and we chased after him we realized that he had too much of a head start. Standing on the moor, I gaze out into the distance on the moor and spot another tall figure of another man outlines against the moor. But then, a split second later, the man was gone. I am quite interested in who the tall figured man out on the moor was, and who might've been helping Selden. And why Stapleton acts so strange at times, but then covers it up and is all normal again. They are many suspects that I have thought up and a lot of mystery going on at this time Holmes, I wish you were here to investigate along with me. I will check in with you soon with much more information I

A man with luxury would have an area where he can get exercise regularly and would be well nourished. Watson describes his clothing as rich but bad in taste. In many countries being gaudy is a sign of having wealth. It is a way of expressing that they have more money than everyone else. The stranger has bands of astrakhan on his sleeves. Astrakhan is fur from a young lambs coat. People with money tend to wear fur that no one else can afford. He was wearing a cloak with flame-coloured silk. Silk is a precious material that only the rich could trade for. His brooch had a single flaming beryl. A beryl is a gem, and gems were used as jewelry. The beryl was most likely a rare gem because Watson described it as a flaming beryl. It was intensely passionate to the eye. The boots were trimmed with rich brown fur. Notice that he did not describe the fur as just fur. He stated that it was a rich brown fur. As stated before, most likely an animal’s fur that is rare. The man had his face covered with a black vizard. The man was trying to hide his identity with a black vizard. Only someone who would be recognized would wear a mask. The man made sure that Holmes could not see his face because his hand was still raised to ensure it was covered. This was to ensure his identity was concealed. Watson described his face of having strong features and to have a length of obstinancy. The man knows what he wants and gets it. He has

Have you ever believed in an outrageous superstition? Sometimes we believe in crazy myths that we know aren’t true or at least question in the back of our head. We still believe in them because nobody has proved them wrong. Or do we choose to believe in them because we are scared to find out the truth. We even try to link a past even in our life with a superstition to prove to ourselves the superstition isn’t a superstition but a fact. Most of the time we only believe in the superstition because of what has happened to a family member or friend and this is exactly what happens to the Baskerville family in the Hound of the Baskerville. Sometimes it is better to actually find out if the myth is fact or fiction.

The novel The Hound of the Baskervilles is written by a British author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1859. Following “nine years in Jesuit schools, he went to Edinburgh University, where he received a degree in medicine in 1881. He then became an eye specialist in Southsea, with a distressing lack of success” (Doyle 1). Doyle’s financial letdown in Southsea created a need for an alternative way for him to generate profit, so he became an author. In the first of his many stories A Study in Scarlet, Doyle brings Sherlock Holmes to life; he is a detective and the protagonist of the story. Doyle’s inspiration and idea for an observant detective came from Dr. Joseph Bell of the Edinburgh Infirmary. Dr. Bell

The Hound of the Baskervilles displays the ever changing nature of life and teaches the reader that one must remain calm and prepared for new information at every point in life. Doyle displays this with Holmes’ and Watson's direct attitude towards each situation when they are presented with new information throughout the book. Sherlock and Watson meet with Sir Henry to address an issue; Sir Henry appears, “... flushed with anger,” and disoriented whereas Holmes smoothly proceeds in asking, “... what on earth is the matter?” (Doyle 69). Holmes’ calm disposition rubs off on Sir Henry, who, “was hardly articulate” due to frustration becomes more placid and is able to share valuable information with Holmes and Watson (69). Watson

spot on the moor Seldon says, "even in dry seasons it is a danger to

Arthur Conan Doyle’s legacy rests heavily on one Victorian creation: the character of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes's attitude of intelligence and originality continues to keep fans inclined and fascinated ever since the Victorian era. Holmes persists as remakes and reincarnations of the Sherlock character keep the mastermind relevant. While the modernization of Sherlock creates a personal connection between the reader and Sherlock in “A Scandal in Belgravia,” the BBC adaptation dilutes Sherlock’s character from a distinguished genius to a mere detective.

At a simple glance, it becomes obvious that everything in this universe is created for a reason—creators always have a goal of leaving their signatures. Literature, like any other branch of art, has a goal; authors and poets have a purpose for writing their pieces. Novels are usually the reflections of people’s lives and hope to make readers feel connected to the plot. Two novels Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea and Sherlock Holmes: The Hounds of The Baskervilles have elements that reflect the different components of real life. Both have characters that bear resemblance to people who live near us in society, which highlight the unpleasantness of some realities in our world. Also, like many other writing pieces, they are written for the

In the novel, Doyle stated that “Mr. Stapleton was a naturalist,”(96) but in reality he was the twisted, greedy murderer of the Baskerville case. Most characters in the novel were deceived by his innocent appearance until the death of Selden and when some bad information was revealed about him. Another piece of evidence, is when Holmes was examining Dr. Mortimer’s walking stick. Holmes had imagined him as a “typical country practitioner” but really he appeared in a “professional but slovenly fashion”(15). Furthermore, deceiving appearances can lead to wrong actions, which caused the death of Selden.

In “A Scandal in Bohemia” by Arthur Conan Doyle, social classes took a big influence on who avoided punishments. Irene Adler, a strong and intelligent women accused Sherlock Holmes and the King of Bohemia with serious charges. Sherlock Holmes is a man who loathes being apart of society and keeps to himself. He is a detective well known with intelligent skills. The King of Bohemia is Holmes client, and former lover of Irene Adler. In attempt to recover a photograph that is crucial to the king of bohemias reputation, Sherlock Holmes as well as the King of bohemia are both charged with stalking and attempted robbery. In addition to this, further investigations take action and deduce charges of possession and the use of drugs against Sherlock Holmes, as well as plotting to throw a smoke bomb through Irene Adler’s window. As for the King of Bohemia, he is also charged with treason.

In the world of detective shows and movies there are six simple rules. The first rule

The main character in the story is Sherlock Holmes; he is the hero of the book, a very important factor in a mystery book. The Victorians would have loved this character because he was not a part of the police force; he was a character that could be relied on, when the police force was so corrupt. Holmes’s life was his job, as the reader gets further into the story; they see that Holmes works for personal satisfaction, ’my profession is its own

Both Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle produce the first true detectives in literature, Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin and Sherlock Holmes respectively. It is quite obvious that Doyle draws inspiration for his detective from Poe’s gentlemen-sleuth, however, under the Golden Age and Doyle’s pen, the classical interpretation of the detective is born. In order to understand how Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle handle class differences, one must fist elucidate the differences between Poe’s Dupin and Doyle’s Holmes in order to see the themes of class, and its development, more clearly. A striking similarity between the portrayal of the two detectives is that their depiction in story is done by a less intelligent, less eccentric sidekick of sorts: the nameless narrator of Poe’s three short stories, and Dr. Watson in The Hound of the Bakervilles. The use of a non-detective narrator aids the reader in understanding the detective more clearly, objectively, and at a distance. Making it that neither Dupin nor Holmes narrated their own adventures ensures a comfortable distance between the genius detective and the person reading the story; this separation is essential for the reader to partake in solving the mystery on their own, as without a third-party

Sherlock Holmes is first and foremost a man of science, yet this rigid system of belief is brought into question when Holmes is confronted with the legend of the hound. Arthur Conan Doyle was a physician who was very much a man science, and this seems to have projected onto Holmes. In The Hound of the Baskervilles Sherlock Holmes is a monolith of rationality, yet these beliefs are brought into question when he witnesses some supernatural elements in his case.