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Character Analysis Of Mrs. Beryl Stapleton

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Character Profile – Mrs. Beryl Stapleton This is a character profile of the character Mrs. Beryl Stapleton from the book “The Hound of the Baskervilles” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Facts about the Character Mrs. Beryl Stapleton has in the book a lot of different names: Her real name is Beryl Garcia. After she married James Baskerville they changed their names to Vandeleur. So at this moment Beryls name was Beryl Vandeleur. As they went to the south of England, they changed again their names. This time their name was Stapleton, which is also the name the reader meets the two characters. Beryl Stapleton is married with James Stapleton. But at the start of the story, they pretend to be brother and sister. In the book isn’t said the exact age of Beryl Stapleton. But she was described as a young lady: “There is this naturalist Stapleton, and there is his sister, who is said to be an attractive young lady.” (Sherlock Holmes, page 21) Her profession is unknown. We think she’s just at home. With her status, it wasn’t usual in this time to practise a profession and to work. Beryl Stapleton is, as her real name Garcia sais, not from England. She’s from central America and has Spanish blood. So we think that she is from Cuba , because Cuba is in Central America and has influence from Spain. Characterisation Beryl is described as very beautiful. She has dark eyes and is tall. We think she has black or brown hair, because Dr Watson describes her as dark. “There could not have

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