The Hound Of The Baskervilles
Introduction
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a traumatic and adventurous story about a legend that comes with the birth right of the Baskerville family. The story both begins and ends with tragedy. The story firstly begins with the death of Sir Charles Baskerville and a cunning and eccentric detective. Sherlock Holmes is thought of as a highly mannered but stubborn man whom is willing to get to the bottom of any case. “Watson examines a mysterious cane left in the office by an unknown visitor, and Holmes sits with his facing his friend. Holmes asks Watson what he makes of it, and Watson declares that his friend must “have eyes in the back of [his] head,” since he saw what he was doing. Holmes then admits that he saw Watson’s reflection in the coffee service, providing to Watson and us that he is an astute observer.” This shows that Mr Holmes is an honest man. As the story continues the reader finds that there is believed to be a curse within the Baskerville family. In this essay I am going to be looking into this story and pointing out ten key areas: Baskerville legend
Death of sir Charles
Arrivals at the Hall
Views of the Locals
Barrymore of the window
Discovery of Sherlock
Death of the convict
Waiting for Sir Henry
Attack on Sir Henry
Death of Stapleton
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Baskerville hall as a prison for the young girl. She manages to escape by, “the aid of the growth of ivy which covered the south walk.” The ivy indicated the age and wildness of the hall a...
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...askerville” follows the traditional structure of a Victorian tale, with all the stereotypical characters, and all is resolved at the end of the novel. However, we do not know what happens to Stapleton in the end. We presume that he gets lost in the Grimpen mire and dies, but the author does not tell us what actually happens to him, to end the novel in suspense. This would be a change from the usual, so would entertain the Victorian audience. “Stapleton never reached that island refuge…sucked him in, this cold and cruel-hearted man is forever buried.” It is as if the countryside is a character in its own right, the moor gave birth to Stapleton’s scheme but it also took it away.
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