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Hound Of The Baskervilles Character Analysis

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“All my unspoken instincts, my vague suspicions, suddenly took shape and centred upon the naturalist. In that impassive colourless man, with his straw hat and his butterfly-net, I seemed to see something terrible—a creature of infinite patience and craft, with a smiling face and a murderous heart” (Doyle, 184-185). Identifying the murderer can be tough, but seeking for a good detective to solve the case can be even tougher. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a famous author, is the creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes, who is known to be the greatest detective of all time. Sherlock Holmes is a character that most people know about and there are unsimilar versions of his stories. But even though, a few people may prefer the more solemn novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles play brings out the fun in mysteries that audiences find more appealing by focusing less on the investigation and more on the relationships between the characters. There are various reasons for the novel and the play to contrast and this is one of them. The novel and the play come together to make the murderer and the investigation more abroad, but when they get more detailed in the facts, they are split up into two different genres of literature. The novel is a combination of love and suspense. The love shown between Beryl Stapleton and Sir Henry Baskerville is light, but it is nothing like the love between these characters in the play. In the book it goes this far, “By the way, your instructions to me never to allow Sir Henry to go out alone …show more content…

In a mystery there are many clues that are stated after the mystery has started to be investigated. Figuring out the mystery on your own can be really fun to do. Reading and watching The Hound of the Baskervilles is really nice. While, reading other mystery novels or any type of books, make sure to compare them with other

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