Name: Alexia Stoker Date:6/28/16 Book title: The Hound of Baskervilles Author: Arthur Conan Doyle Genre : Mystery Setting: The setting of the book was London in the late 1800s Sherlock Holmes also says the year was 1884‚ the place was in London ‚ Devonshire also in baker street. Point of view 3rd person omniscient because it’s mostly
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Dear Sir Henry Baskerville‚ October‚ 1889 I know now that I am a suspect in the murder of Sir Charles‚ your uncle. So I would like to review all the events that could be of some importance to get me off the radar. Just so we are on the same terms. When you sent me the telegraph‚ as I have already told you‚ I was in the box room so Mrs. Barrymore received‚ and replied to it. Since then I have been preparing for your arrival. Just making the house warmer‚ and notifying the whole town of your
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is a mystery about who was trying to kill Sir Henry. Holmes used disguises and clues to figure out who was trying to kill Sir Henry. When Holmes is told of the curse of the Baskervilles‚ a big crazy dog that could kill someone he got suspicious. I really liked this movie and thought it was really interesting. In the movie multiple character are suspicious. Dr. James Mortimer was not very found of the idea that Sir Henry was going to visit his ancestors estate‚ because
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Sheldon‚ in the same way she did in both the movie and the book. Then‚ in the movie‚ both Watson and Holmes travel to visit Laura Lyons in search of clues‚ whereas in the book‚ Watson questions Mrs. In conclusion‚ the film version of Hound of the Baskervilles was very similar to the book‚ but there were some differences. Finally‚ Stapleton was announced dead in the Grimpen myer ‚ as he was in both versions of the story. One major difference in the movie that was not in the book was the starting scene
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Jeong 1 Ji Won Jeong Ms.Santos English 9 Honors 21 October 2015 Sir Henry Baskerville The Hound of the Baskervilles is a fictional‚ mysterious book written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story takes place in the eighteen hundreds London‚ and in Devonshire‚ Baskerville Hall as the story progresses. The mystery begins when Sherlock Holmes finds a cane left in his office by an unknown visitor along with his assistant‚ Dr.Watson. The cane’s owner later appears to be James Mortimer‚ as he entered the office
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English Homework Mortimer presents Holmes and Watson with a manuscript which the always observant Holmes had already noticed and dated at 1730. The document‚ dated 1742‚ Baskerville Hall‚ reveals the myth of the Baskerville curse. At the time of the "Great Revolution‚" Mortimer reads‚ Hugo Baskerville lorded over the Baskerville mansion in Devonshire. The infamous Hugo became obsessed with a local yeoman’s daughter‚ whom he kidnapped one day. Trapped in an upstairs room‚ hearing the raucous drinking
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The Hound of the Baskervilles has an exchange of Gothic‚ evil‚ and supernatural elements throughout it. The tales of the town are quite mysterious and some are even jaw-dropping and keeps the reader on the edge of his or her seat. The sinister aspect surrounds every scene throughout the book‚ from the beginning to the end. One of the major themes associated with Doyle’s detective work is that of the Gothic environment. This is evidenced in the passage when Watson is walking through the moor and
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of science and reason. At the same time‚ the Victorian era was marked by the rising awareness of the foreign influence and its consequences. In The Hound of the Baskervilles Conan Doyle explores both subjects to depict guilt as a force that stems from within and is spurred from without. As far as the family history goes‚ the Baskervilles are an old and cursed line haunted by the sins of their ancestor in form of a hellish beast. However‚ Holmes rejects the metaphysical explanation and searches for
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place‚ it was not only a matter of murder but also under strange circumstances were supernatural issues seem to have a role. According to Dr. Mortimer‚ the head physician and close friend of Sir Charles Baskerville who was a wealthy landowner in Devonshire‚ there was a curse over this Baskerville
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Hound of the Baskervilles was written by Arthur Conan Doyle in the august 1901‚and was published in The Strand Magazine in April 1902.This book is not the only one: it is the third book in the Sherlock Holmes series. The genre of this book is detective: all other books from the Sherlock Holmes Series is written in the same genre. The Hound of the Baskervilles was listed in the BBC in 2003 as the “best-loved novel”. The action starts in the family house of the Baskervilles‚ Baskervilles Hall. The owner
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