Throughout the years the characters and plots of mystery novels have evolved and have been modernized. However, no matter when or where the novels are written, they all succeed in having major impacts on the unsuspecting readers. For some mystery fans, the opening of the book can awaken the butterflies in the pit of their stomachs. As the stories progress, the reader is drawn further and further into the novel until it becomes impossible to pry the book from their hands. Mystery novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens are not exceptions and are overflowing with suspenseful scenes. The mysteries The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Mystery of Edwin Drood arouse excitement and encourage the reader to continue to read until the resolution of the conundrums. Throughout the novels, characters undergo many important developments, while their relationships and the historical context greatly influence the mystery.
The characters grow and interesting transformations occur as a result of the conflicts born from the mysteries. This is evident as the protagonists take on unusual roles as detectives to assist in resolving the mystery. In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes begins by perceiving the mystery of the ghostly hound as a child would take a light-hearted fairytale. However, as the case becomes more dangerous and Holmes arrives at Dartmoor, he begins to take the situation more seriously. Once Holmes realizes the severity, he says, “We owe you a deep apology, Sir Henry, for having exposed you to this fright” (Doyle 150). This is the first time Holmes admits that he has made a mistake and misjudged the peril of the situation. He should not have used Sir Henry Baskerville as bait, as he did, in hopes of...
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Comment on the way Conan Doyle uses the character of Watson in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Game theory, also known as “The theory of games of strategy,” has many applications: economic, mathematic, political, and psychological. Game theory can also be implicated when discussing the relationships between criminals and detectives. Sherlock Holmes, a character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is famous for his logical deductive reasoning in order to solve every case. However, in the case involving Professor Moriarty, it is a chess match between peers that drives the story to completion. Sherlock Holmes’s methods of detective work enthralls readers, while his logic and intuition play a part in solving every mystery presented to him; even when matched with an insidious mastermind like James Moriarty.
In The Hound of the Baskervilles, various factors of Arthur Conan Doyle’s early life, popularity, perspective, and status were all expressed in multiple ways. Spiritualism played an crucial role in his life, greatly impacting his work, specifically “The Hound.” Additionally, his birthplace and upbringing, along with the time period, inveigled his writing. Furthermore, Doyle characterized the people in the story in along with real life scenarios.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles, was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as part of his Sherlock Holmes series phenomena. The 1939 movie directed by Sidney Lanfield, closely follows Doyle’s original writing with a few added scenes. This movie was made in black and white, but does a great job of adding many cinematic techniques to communicate a meaning and produce certain emotions. Cinematic techniques help to communicate things that may otherwise be hard to communicate with a black and white production. In this reflection I will discuss the main differences between the writing and the film, how the lighting of characters helps to portray them in certain ways, the establishing shot of the moor and its importance, and the sound of the hound.
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In this essay, I will compare and analyse how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle creates mystery and suspense in three short stories. In retrospect, mystery and suspense go together. If one of the two is present in a story, so is another. Both of these elements are evident in the three short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I intend to go into the intriguing world of this master of mystery and explore the methods used by the writer. I aim to analyze the stories and highlight common traits in the way in which he creates mystery and suspense. In order to fully grasp the essence of the stories, we must first know some background information about the writer and the period in which the characters involved in the stories lived.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's writing style in “The Hound of the Baskervilles” utilizes trends from opposite ends of the Victorian Era. Doyle is well known as a late Victorian author and yet he has characteristics in his writing style of the early Victorian era. The literature in the Victorian era had a variety of commonalities focusing on behavior of a man and how views changed over the era. The drive for social advancement, what it is to be an “Englishman”, and rebellion against idealized notions and codes of conduct are the most prominent factors in “The Hound of the Baskervilles” and representation of the Victorian era through the writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.