The Hound Of The Baskervilles By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Literature is used in English to portray themes and teach the readers morals. Fahrenheit 451 illustrates how one should appreciate the education and resources available to them as it may not always be around. A Raisin in the Sun shows how dreams may be deferred, but they will never die. Of Mice and Men exhibits idealized friendship and the impossibility of the American dream. The Crucible depicts that madness will emerge in society if no one is held accountable for their actions. Money can’t buy happiness is a

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer consists of frame narratives were a group of pilgrims that are traveling from Southwark to the shire of St. Becker in the Canterbury Cathedral, tell each other to pass time until they arrive at their destination. During The Canterbury Tales the reader is exposed to many characters that represent all of the social classes of medieval England and the reader gets to know them from the general prologue to each individual tale. One of these characters is the Pardoner, when the Pardoners is introduced he is described as the stereotypical pardoner of the Fourteen Century. The pardoner is describe as a crafty and a corrupt individual that will do anything to sell his pardons and relics. Nevertheless one of the most important characteristics that the Pardoner exhibits is his frankness about his own hypocrisy and sins. The pardoner accuses himself of fraud, avarice, and gluttony (the very things that he preaches against). During the Pardoners prologue, but most noticeable during his tale, the pardoners preach about how “Greed is the root of all evil”, and how our sins can lead cause our dismay.

Literature, the dictionary defines it being the art of written works that is simultaneously designed to entertain, educate and instruct its audience; writers, using their skill of telling stories, use literature in an attempt to transfer their ideas from paper to the reader; for some, this task means bringing their story to a different place and time that is entirely separate from what the could be perceive as ordinary, on order to serve the writer’s intent. With this, the impossible, becomes the probable, and the worst fear imagined becomes the breathed reality; with no separation between the truth, and fiction. The word “literature” in itself cannot be accurately defined, and by attempting to do so, it limits the word not only in its

Society today reflects and is shaped by literature in many ways. By reading different works, readers can be influenced by different ideas. When a person is exposed to a variety of different ideas and concepts, they often times change the way that they think or go about daily life. For example, books like The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass gave people insight to what it was like to live a life of oppression, thus making people feel sympathetic for him. Society also reflects literature in that we see a lot of patterns repeated from books to everyday life.

In an age where the printed novel has been somewhat on the decline, and the necessity of readable fiction has almost faded into obscurity. I believe that literature still harbours a crucial part within our society; from the very foundations of most theatrical adaptations, to preserving the culture and encapsulating the feelings of generations past. In this case literature cements itself as one of the most decisive elements of our civilisation, and combining it with history makes it become a testament to who we are as people, as well as the conservation of both our progression and degradation. I have always enjoyed reading literature, from reading J.R.R Tolkien’s classic ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy within my childhood, to perhaps more sophisticated,

Literature comes in all sizes. Literature doesn’t focus on a specific genre; it can be about anything from war, to violence, to race. Literature is made up of different histories from different eras with different writing styles. Literature is made of meaning and hidden messages. When you read literature, you will know it is literature because it’s about human experience. You have to read between the lines to decide what the hidden meaning is. Literature doesn’t explicitly tell us, instead uses our senses to reveal meaning. Literature deepens our thoughts. Literature evokes emotion, making us feel happy or sad about a specific event. We may feel sympathy for the characters. Literature really makes you feel like you’re actually in the

In The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, the life of the nobility compared to that of the poor proves to be a much harder life to live because of the many obligations and responsibilities. Chaucer ironically portrays this notion in The Nun’s Priest’s Tale, contrasting the easy life of the widow, who is poor, with Chanticleer, a rich rooster. The widow’s life is much easier because she does not have to worry about keeping up with the societal expectations of the rich. Whereas, Chanticleer, the rooster, role and responsibilities in life, which he is very proud of, make his life much more difficult. Because of the way the rich live their lives, Chaucer, in The Nun’s Priest’s Tale, ironically implies that living the life of the poor is much easier than living the life of the rich, who have many obligations and responsibilities.

In all stories there are characters that make it worthwhile. Sherlock Holmes is a witty, yet arrogant young man. He solves crime in a short amount of time, with the help of his partner Dr. Watson. He boasts about his intelligence and acts like he is better than most people. Dr.Watson on the other hand is a feeble and polite man. He was a military doctor, who got injured, and is usually uplifting Sherlock. These two characters are very different, but share many of the same qualities like being unsociable, zealous, pompous, and fortitudinous. Given these points, Holmes and Watson’s similarities and differences make them a strong and unstoppable team.

Every piece of literature really helps capture what the human experience is. When a person is lost they may turn to a piece of literature in order to find some guidance. A piece of literature can be very powerful because it may be able to point out something a person would never notice on their own. For example a reader can learn from a character’s mistake so they don’t make the same mistake them self.

Arthur Conan Doyle believed in the paranormal realms. That belief has helped inspire The Hound of the Baskervilles. In 1901, Doyle went on a vacation with his friend, Fletcher Robinson, who first told him about the legend of the hound from Dartmoor, Devonshire (Major 862). In the same year Doyle wrote The Hound of the Baskervilles, which he called a “real creeper” based on the legend (Major 862). Sherlock Holmes was put in as an afterthought, possibly because of the pressure Doyle felt from fans for Doyle’s killing Holmes (Major 862). The Hound in The Hound of the Baskervilles is portrayed as a frightening being, who kills because of the Baskerville family curse. Although hellhounds

It would only take a few pages for the brilliant Sherlock Holmes to solve the mystery and tell his readers his decision. Also with the way he speaks and his mannerisms most people might not even be able to translate Holmes’s language into something the everyday populous can understand. This means that the risk of the stories fading out and never being remembered is a very real possibility. On the other side of the coin, if everything was only seen and told from Watson’s point of view there would not be a very mysterious element about it. For example, when he is staying with Sir Henry at the moor the story seems to drag because he only notices the obvious things that seem to be odd. If this was all the story had to offer the audience might dislike Watson just as much as they would a solo Holmes. Some things that work well together do not work very well apart. This pairing is definitely one of those

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s work, The Hound of the Baskervilles, provides insight into the values of the late Victorian Period. The people of this prosperous age valued a cultured demeanor and respected the social order. This story was written for the Victorian reader and reflects these views. Doyle created Sherlock Holmes to represent what his audience valued in a man of high status. Throughout the sleuth story, Sherlock Holmes and Watson strive to maintain civil order. A murderer must be stopped from cheating the class system and an escaped convict must pay for his transgressions.

The focused of this essay will be the main character that is simultaneous and decisive to some extent in a variety of patterns. The adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the narrative development of other characters as well have allowed readers to find and reflect their selves in the plot or the characters, or both.

Pieces of literature are often personified reflections of what we see in the world today. They personify people or creatures to relate back to today’s life and issues. They can present an underlying message that cause people to meditate on what they read and relate it back to life. Beowulf translated by Burton Raffel and The Canterbury Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer both provide examples of how old literature beliefs and ideals reflect back on today’s society and problems involving initial judgements, hypocrisy and greed, and a divide in the country.

The artistic maturity of a character as an individual can never be overlooked without the amalgamation of the whole. Literature is a piece of writing that bounds the whole to the individual. It refers to the literary productions as a whole; the body of writings, produced in a particular period or in the world in general. (Widdowson, 1999). These characters are well defined in complexity of their temperament and motives in