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The Hound Of The Baskervilles Analysis

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The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a novel about a curse sherlock Holmes and Watson investigate. Throughout the story they both encounter twist and turns,but in the end they must solve this mystery. From the beginning to end the author perfectly develops the theme of not being ruled by fear as characters experience these feelings that take over them and can cause life threatening outcomes. The problem was that Sir Charles’ died because of fear. This uncover when Dr. Mortimer states ‘ “ Sir Charles’ nervous system was strained...so much through nothing induced him to go out upon the moor at night…[a] ghostly presence...constantly haunted him..” ‘ (15) Sir Charles’ heart attack was caused by the fear and of seeing the hound when he died his face was so destroted in fright. This piece of evidence really effected the story. The situation was that Watson and Stapleton went to the moor and got scared by the noises they heard. The sounds that they heard affect how they saw things around them. This shows when the author said ‘ “ There was footprints on the hound...beside him...come on!...we stumbled slowly among but there was nothing…” While walking through the moor at night Watson and Stapleton are frightened by little things around them. Just because the thought of fear was within them,they were taken over by it and which it caused them to be hesitant every move they made. As a result L.L was so frightened by

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