The overall mood of the film He chases butterflies and studies the moor and it’s inhabitants. In the book mortimer is a very creepy person and studies humans and skulls. While in the film mortimer is a acts in a more serious manner while Stapleton is incredibly creepy, he asks would you have an objection to me running my finger along parietal fissure? Also he makes more points about Holmes’ skull (Attwood, The Hound of the Baskervilles). This ends up making Stapleton a very creepy character for the suspense of the movie. In the book Watson looks up to Holmes with great respect and takes his smallest compliments and appreciates them greatly. Holmes states with great pride, “It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light.” (Doyle 3). By saying this he means, Watson is such a fool that he makes Homles seem even smarter than he is. In the film, however, Watson stands up to Homles at the end when he saves Homles from drowning in the moor pit even though he got shot by stapleton (Attwood, The Hound of the Baskervilles). Also, when Watson finds out Holmes has been investigating the case after Holmes told him that Holmes had work to do in london, He was outraged. There is also other small details in the story that do not have a huge effect on the plot but still change it slightly. For example, Laura Lyon does not exist in the film, even though in the book
Instead Doyle’s output of gradual information through Watson and the reader feels as though they themselves are walking in the footsteps of Holmes’ good friend Dr Watson, solving the crime by with the great detective of all time. Although very small but vital pieces of information is kept from the reader, to ensure Sherlock Holmes always has the upper hand in the investigation. An example of this is in “Silver Blaze”, when Holmes asks the inspector for a picture of John Straker but does not include an explanation of why he needs it, this automatically builds suspension upon the reader’s minds , as they starts to wonder what Holmes knows that he is yet inform Watson about. Until the crime is solved the reader will be full of anticipation and with the information that had been given to them, they’ll try to solve the case themselves.
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
RATIONALISM AND SUPERSTITION: A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVIILE BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Dr.Watson does not only serve as a purpose towards Sherlock, but also towards the readers or audiences. Many may not notice this, but in the Sherlock BBC TV Show, Dr.Watson takes notes of the cases and posts them on his blog. So therefore, the Sherlock stories were written by Dr.Watson. Without Dr.Watson's notes or blog, there would not be a Sherlock Holmes story to be told.
Analyse the use of Dr Watson as the narrator of The Hound of the Baskervilles
Coulson, 2004). Sherlock is a part of the upper class while Watson is seen as a middle class citizen while he is respected but he isn't on the same level as Holmes. He is also respected for his work as a doctor and is known for being hard working. Sherlock is portrayed as a troubled but brilliant detective who is often troubled and socially awkward with people. He also deals with psychological noise with the fact that he sees everything he call it both a gift and a curse at the same time. Holmes and Watson both have different degrees of perceived self and presenting self. In Watson case his is more concerned with his presenting self than Sherlock is (C. M. Shaw& R. Edwards, 1997).
Watson is a very different character and although on an intellectual level he is by far below Sherlock, he has far more emotional capacity and is more caring and empathetic. Unlike his partner, he can really feel love as he found Mary Morstan “A very attractive woman”. This also foreshadows a potential romance that might occur further into the novel. He can also be quite driven by a cause. We know this because he was in the army and trained to be a doctor. He has achieved far more in his life than average yet is still looked down on by Sherlock. “ I cannot congratulate you upon it”. From this quote we can deduct that Sherlock is quite arrogant as despite Watson’s huge efforts writing the pamphlet Sherlock just blatantly tells him that
The Hound of the Baskerville The legendary author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the Hound of the Baskerville. The story is all about solving the mysterious mystery of the death of Sir Charles. Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Watson are trying to find out that the murderer is and how would they solve it. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle uses Stapleton as a foil to Holmes to highlight between good vs. evil, compare each character's personality, and how their actions lead to solving the mystery.
She engages the reader with very descriptive language so the reader can visualise what it would have felt like to be with her in the boat. Her language is also very emotive and you feel what she felt. She uses imagery such as a half-moon had risen and alliterations like the sea a slivery sheen. Watson uses short and long sentences creating an interesting piece. She uses short sentences to add effect after something dramatic has happened. The pause before and after how quickly everything had changed creates anticipation. A metaphor was used the sky was a wall of black steel.
One question: Does sherlock holmes even need Watson? My answer is yes, for protection, sanity, and on rare occasion to help with caces.
In relation to dialogue and narration, Watson’s style of storytelling is more straightforward and adopts a suspenseful tone that suits the mystery genre well. Since Watson tends to only see things as they are, there are more blind spots in his sight compared to Holmes. Because he is more visual and tends to impart very little of his own style, it makes readers anxious to discover what Watson will encounter next and what Holmes will reveal. The Red-Headed League is a good case in point, in which Watson writes, “What a time it seemed! From comparing notes afterwards it was but an hour and a quarter, yet it appeared to me that
Imagine yourself getting a letter, the letter had been very clear on what you need to do. The letter had clearly told you to meet that person in a specific area at a specific time. You do what the letter says, you go to that specific place at a specific time to see that specific person and when you get there you wait, and wait, and wait but that specific person never came. So as you give up waiting, and as you get tired, you go on the walk back home. On your walk, you see a hound, a terrifying giant hound. You're more than spooked and you try to get away and to your house before it gets to you, but you're too late, and in an instant, your 0heart attack happens and you're dead. In the novel The Hound of the Baskerville’s written by Sir
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle utilizes many detail-oriented literary elements to develop the many adventures of the famous fictional British detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner, John Watson. Long winded description and complex vocabulary are infused into Doyle’s writing to accentuate Holmes’s great intelligence. By incorporating such a heavy, educated tone upon the mysteries, the tales of Sherlock Holmes are expressed as very complicated stories that challenge readers in comprehension as well as encourage curiosity through puzzling cases.
?? Not only can the dialogue bring life to the story, but it can tell the story itself, as seen in many instances in which Holmes has wrapped up another mystery. Most cases are concluded with a recollection of events and revealing hints that only Holmes knew of, presented almost conversationally from Holmes to Watson. With his first-person account of the mystery, Doyle uses Holmes to clarify any remaining confusion or questions that linger in readers’ minds as the chapter ends. While it is repetitive after several cases, granting Holmes with such large chunks of dialogue eliminates the need for boring, lengthy straightforward narration. In relation to dialogue and narration, Doyle’s writing can sometimes venture into a playful tone, which can be found in Holmes. Moreover, there are also some hints of dark humor dispersed throughout each adventure of Sherlock Holmes that can bring light to some situations. As mentioned previously, Sherlock Holmes is intended to be an impressive, genius of a man. Conversely, Doyle also uses Holmes to execute a moderate sense of comic relief, a refreshing feature that deepens the understanding Holmes and his cases rather than remaining in a constant state of dead