Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles and television shows today‚ there are many characteristics of gothic literature. In The Hound of the Baskervilles‚ some characteristics of gothic literature are the setting‚ drama‚ and protagonist. The story takes place at Dartmoor‚ where it is gloomy and isolated. Watson‚ the narrator of the novel‚ says‚ “The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one’s soul” (73). This quote shows that as Watson spends more time at Baskerville Hall‚
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Framton Nuttel‚ the main character in Saki’s “The Open Window” is gullible and naïve because he believes all that the highly imaginative Vera‚ the niece of Mrs. Sappleton‚ divulges to him. Additionally he has anxiety issues which cause nervousness becoming his reason for his trip to the country to relieve some of those feelings. Vera speaks of a great tragedy in which Mrs. Sappleton lost her husband and two younger brothers. She further goes on to say that her aunt keeps the window open in hopes
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In the book "The Hound of the Baskervilles"‚ the detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Watson were asked to solve a mystery. Although they were partners‚ they had very different characters. Holmes was intelligent yet arrogant and secretive‚ while Watson admired Holmes for his wisdom‚ observed Holmes and tried to learn from him. Holmes was observant‚ intelligent and rational‚ while Watson admired Holmes‚ yet he was sometimes irrational too. In chapter one‚ they were examining a walking stick
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Finding The Theme Many stories around the world have a wide variety of theme and issues that are not easily identified. Throughout stories‚ authors like to describe the characterization of character rather than the plot. The reason authors don’t describe the plot of the story is because through the characterization of the characters‚ readers are able to distinguish the different issues the author has planted in the story. Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” is a short story that explores the way
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The Hound of the Baskervilles Paragraph In The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ Sherlock Holmes is a very memorable detective. One of his memorable characteristics is that he is very observant. He observes his surroundings like nobody else does. An example of this is Holmes saying to Watson‚ “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by chance ever observes” (pg. 36). Another example of this is when Holmes notices Watson eyeing the walking stick left in Holmes’s apartment
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The transitional Baskerville typeface is the result of years of formalization and innovation on the behalf of its designer John Baskerville. Baskerville appears to have been a man driven by a sense of perfectionism‚ and strongly influenced by his earlier careers in related industries. It was these unique qualities that drove the creation of the long-lasting Baskerville font‚ that is still widely used in the modern day. John Baskerville was born in England in 1706. Early in his life he was a
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exception‚ as the book follows her ascent from only being capable of reaching the Love and Belonging level while she is the wife of Jody Starks to having the potential to reach the Esteem level after she weds Tea Cake Woods. Zora Neale Hurston’s indirect characterization of Jody Starks as egotistical and Tea Cake as equitable in Their Eyes Were Watching God enables her to convey Janie’s acquired ability to reach the Esteem Level on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs as she remarries. Joe Starks is Janie’s second
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The hound of the baskerville Dr. John Watson is the other main protagonist. He is Sherlock’s sidekick and companion. He narrates the entire story. Dr. Watson thinks very highly of Sherlock‚ being very eager to please him. He is loyal‚ and is very verbose‚ especially when writing reports for Holmes. Dr. Watson is a static character‚ despite being a protagonist‚ his personality remains the same. However‚ one could argue that he is foil‚ as he is dim compared to Sherlock and highlights Holmes’ intelligence
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Characterization is the process by which the author brings a character to life. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle uses exceptional characterization throughout the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. There are four methods of characterization which can be revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization. The most common method of characterization is the narrator’s direct description of a character. This is a very important method as it enables the reader to have a vivid picture in their
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adventures‚ including The Hound of the Baskervilles; though this wasn’t the same story. This version was modernized and‚ as television critic Serena Davies puts it‚ “Gave the original title just the smallest of tweaks‚ then had its wicked way with the rest of the tale”(Telegraph.co.uk). The result was The Hounds of Baskerville. And
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