The following passage is from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles. It describes the scene in which Dr. Mortimer first meets Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, and he is reading the manuscript that describes the curse of the Baskervilles. The following excerpt is part of this manuscript. “Now, it opened into a broad space in which stood two of those great stones, still to be seen there, which were set by certain forgotten peoples in the days of old. The moon was shining bright upon the clearing, and there in the centre lay the unhappy maid where she had fallen, dead of fear and fatigue. But it was not the sight of her body, nor yet was it that of the body of Hugo Baskerville lying near her, which raised the hair upon the …show more content…
This aspect of the description may cause the reader to be skeptical about the true nature of the hound. This skepticism causes the reader to continue reading, in order to find out whether there really is a gigantic, ravenous hound roaming the woods. The tone of this passage is that of morbidity and horror. Doyle uses describes what are presumably two gravestones, which introduces the idea of death into the mind of the reader. Next, he goes on to describe the maid, who is presumed to have died from fear and exhaustion. Finally, the reader is exposed to Hugo Baskerville, who is presumably dead, being eaten by the hound. Each of these instances of death convey a dark, morbid tone. Furthermore, phrases such as “blazing eyes,” “dripping jaws,” and “shrieked with fear and rode for dear life” convey a tone of pure horror by allowing the reader to experience the fear of the hound both firsthand (through the description of the hound) and vicariously (through the description of the other men as they escape). One passage in the appendix of The Hound of the Baskervilles that directly relates to this excerpt from the story itself is the crime report from The Times, written in 1901. Specifically, this section of the crime report discusses John McNally, who was charged with assaulting his wife and an omnibus driver. “When [John McNally] got drunk he always
At first a reader may wonder why the hound even in the book? Only when the hounds symbolism is revealed is the question answered. In the story the Hound acts like the enforcer of the no book law that has been enforced for many generations. When more people started to be on the earth they made it so all the authors had to write the same books so people would read them. However because all the books were the same and boring people stopped reading altogether. The hound is the same way because the hound is society. The hound scares people into acting just like today's society teaches people to act and look a certain way. Montag is affected by this because while he is on his journey of enlightenment the hound just like society tries to change him. On page 133 the announcer on the TV Montag was watching said all these terrifying things about the hound. It's said “---nose so sensitive the Mechanical Hound can remember and identify ten thousand odor indexes in ten thousand men without resting!” Just like society the hound was scaring Montag however he stood up and got away from the temptation of giving
During chapter 10 of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout and Jem Finch’s opinion of their father Atticus changes from them being embarrassed by him to them feeling admiration and pride for him and his hidden talents; this teaches the children that there are many things that make up a person and they should not have a narrow or single view of people. In the beginning of the chapter Scout realizes all their schoolmates’ fathers are much younger than Atticus, and this is embarrassing for her. She wishes he could be normal, especially now with all the attention on her father from the trial in which he will be defending a negro. According to Scout’s narrative, “Jem underlined it when he asked Atticus if he was going out for the Methodists
This is an example of an Again and Again because the Hound is mentioned many times throughout the book by Montag.
Conan Doyle uses uses a combination of literary devices to build up tension and create a sense of mystery I chapter 3
Towards the end of the book the reader is told that the people watch the Hound hunt for Montag with unfailing interest, and great excitement comes when the Hound finally kills
Thirdly, the Mechanical Hound is a meaningful symbol. The narrator describes the hound as follows, “the Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live…it was like a great bee come home from some field where the honey is full of poison wildness, of insanity and nightmare, its body crammed with that overrich nectar, and now it was sleeping the evil out of itself” (24). At the beginning of the novel, Montag greatly fears the hound and says, “it doesn’t like me”(26), but towards the end of the novel he overcomes his fear and kills it. The Mechanical Hound represents the fear of government that the state has instilled upon the people of their futuristic society. The hound has no emotions and its purpose in being is to make one afraid or to kill someone. The Mechanical Hound is Bradbury’s chief image of technology (Wolfe 70).
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
Analyse the use of Dr Watson as the narrator of The Hound of the Baskervilles
The hound comes up many times in the story and it tries to hunt down any who repulses their conflicting society and will stop at nothing to put down people that rebel. “ Quote back mechanical hound eerily being there”. The hound symbolizes rapidly advancing technology, this idea can be very dangerous changing a machine to kill without thinking about who or what. The government uses technology to oppress people by placing fear into people and implying destruction in any way possible. This society is dangerous and can destroy dissenters easily through
The supporting quote is,“ If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body,” this quote are packed with a monumental amount of information. To briefly summarize, the quote illustrates the sinister atmosphere that overtook the chamber as he (the narrator) attempted to be as vigilant as feasible while concealing the dismantled corpse beneath the planks to a point where nobody would have the ability to unearth it. Further, specifically upon first fragment of the quote, the narrator apprises the reader that he camouflaged the body to an extent that even the he would not suspect a single inadequate implement of himself. Aside from the clarification of the quote, the quote itself is pinpointed at the crest of pg. 300, being the first sentence on the page and it is mentioned while the narrator is speaking to himself about the concealment of the corpse. In conclusion, this singular quote superbly provides you a intelligible interpretation of the terror this narrative is comprised of by, for instance saying, “the wise precaution I took for the concealment of the body,” which depicts the nefarious atmosphere that occupied the
In the novel Fahrenheit 451 the hound growls at Montag when Montag tries to touch the hound and when Montag slid down the pole and the hound leaps up to its kennel, its eyes all green in flames.
The imagery used in this passage creates a disturbing and secretive tone to imply Holmes murderous actions. Larson’s use of senses such as “chemical odors” depicts a laboratory and creates an image of a devious mad scientist. This gives the reader a nonreassuring aspect due to the murders that are being commenced. Moreover, the image of “a caustic scent” and “silvery medicinal odor” also gives the reader chills and a feeling of illegal actions. The effects of these senses create an ominous atmosphere and grows even more frightening when the victim is eased into “deep
In the beginning of the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, there is an unexplained curse on the Baskerville family; through discovering the mystery of the curse, Dr. Mortimer, a medical practitioner and family friend of the Baskervilles, has an early eighteenth century manuscript explaining the curse. He briefly mentions it to Holmes and Watson, and then he reads the manuscript aloud. It is because of Sir Hugo Baskerville, that the family is cursed. Sir Hugo is described in the memo as “a most wild, profane, and godless man” (Doyle 21). According to information in the manuscript, Sir Hugo became utterly obsessed with the daughter of a yeoman; “But the young maiden, being discreet and of good repute, would ever avoid him, for she feared his evil name” (Doyle 21). The yeoman’s daughter was kidnapped by Sir Hugo, and was taken with him and his friends; “With five or six of his idle and wicked companions, stole down upon the farm and carried off the maiden, her father and brothers being from home, as he well knew” (Doyle 21). They brought the maiden to the Hall, and
The pack continued on to find Hugo lying on the floor next to the maid
Watson: Dear Mr Holmes, i will go no further in this matter. It is too dangerous. He suspects me. Please burn the cipher message, which can now be of no use to you. Fred Porlock