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The Hound of the Baskervilles
An oxymoron is a literary device in which two opposing concepts or words are juxtaposed against each other. We can find a great example of an oxymoron in chapter eight of The Hound of the...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
As with most crime fiction, most of the characters withhold information or lie about it. What creates and resolves suspense in this sort of story is precisely the way readers are only gradually...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
In chapter 1, Sherlock Holmes meets Dr. Mortimer, who has come to get his assistance with a problem. Holmes shows off his skills in deduction to Watson. In chapter 2, Dr. Mortimer shares the...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
In Chapter Four, Sir Henry Baskerville tells Sherlock Holmes of his surprise when he received a letter upon his arrival at the Northumberland Hotel. According to Sir Henry, no one but Dr. Mortimer...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Henry refuses to be scared away from his new home. Sir Henry is the last descendant of Baskerville Hall (supposedly). He inherits the estate when his uncle Sir Charles dies of very mysterious...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Selden is the “Notting Hill Murderer,” an escaped convict and Mrs. Barrymore’s brother. Watson learns that there is a killer on the loose on the Moor. Mortimer and Henry Baskerville discuss...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle’s Hound of the Baskervilles was originally published in The Strand Magazine as a serial (the individual chapters were published over several months). After its publication in...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
In Collins's Moonstone and Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles, characters are often confused about each others' and their own guilt. Innocent people often seem guilty, while guilty people often...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle provides the reader with many rich descriptions of Baskerville Hall. In Chapter Six, readers get their first look at the exterior of the residence, and it's a bleak one. After...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Writing a character analysis on Sherlock Holmes, as well as on his trusted friend and colleague Dr. John Watson, is relatively easy. Sherlock Holmes is one of the most famous characters in English...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
In chapter two of The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dr. Mortimer presents a news article for Mr. Holmes to read. The article is from the Devon County Chronicle, and Mortimer...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
The conflict is a character vs. character conflict between Holmes and the murderer. A character vs. character conflict is a conflict between two characters. Even before Holmes knows who the...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Watson sees Barrymore at a window with a candle in the middle of the night. Henry Baskerville comes to Sherlock Holmes when Charles Baskerville is murdered. Henry might be next. Holmes pursues...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Some of the techniques used by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles include first person narration, foreshadowing, Gothic setting, red herrings, irony, symbolism, and foils. As...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
The moor in The Hound of the Baskervilles serves not only as the setting for the story, but as an antagonist as well. The wide open spaces of the moor, combined with the history surrounding...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles boasts many fascinating characters. Here are eight of the main ones. I am also including a link to the enotes summary of the novel to help you with the second part of...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel, many of the clues Holmes and Watson discover are red herrings, which lead down a false trail, while others are true clues to solving the mystery. Here are some of...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Mr. Frankland is one of the more prominent neighbors of Baskerville Hall. He resides at Lafter Hall, where he is known to survey the surrounding landscape with his telescope. His primary hobby is...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson have been asked by Dr. Mortimer to look into the death of a good friend. Sir Charles...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles, Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson find themselves investigating a death and possible ancestral curse in the moors of Devonshire....
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
First of all, there technically was no "murder" to be solved in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles. Sir Charles died under mysterious circumstances that indicated his ancestral...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
The stratagems that Stapleton devises to murder Sir Charles and Sir Henry by means of the hound have two purposes. First, by reinforcing the legend of the hound, Stapleton hopes to divert attention...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
The tale of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle begins with a visitor, Dr. Mortimer, approaching Holmes to solve one murder and potentially prevent a second. Dr. Mortimer's...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
To write a chapter summary in a novel, begin by making a list of main events. For this list, you are looking for actions that move the plot line forward. You should pay most attention to the main...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Several suspects are considered in the case being investigated by Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. Their prime suspect is Mr. Stapleton, who is the estranged nephew of the late Sir Charles....
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
I believe you are referring to a part of The Hound of the Baskervilles where Dr. Watson has been sent to keep an eye on Baskerville Hall, with regular reports sent by letter to his partner Mr....
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
The first thing which might tip off a reader about the mysterious beast which is pursuing and killing members of the Baskerville family is the title of the story-- The Hound of the Baskervilles....
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson have been asked to look into the death of the late Sir Charles Baskerville. The...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
At first, Holmes is surprised that Dr. Mortimer-- a "man of science--" has suggested that a supernatural being is the killer of the late Sir Charles Baskerville. He even asks Dr. Mortimer whether...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Mystery literature involves a puzzling crime of some sort. This crime is often a murder or theft. What elevates such crimes to the realm of mystery is that they are seemingly impossible, or at...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
If you need a refresher on the ending, my best advice is to study Chapter 15: A Retrospection. In this chapter, Sherlock Holmes gives us a great summary of pertinent events in the Hound Of The...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Dr. Watson is generally considered more likable than Sherlock Holmes, because Holmes keeps secrets from people, and sent Watson instead of going himself. Likability is a hard factor to quantify or...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
In chapter nine, Watson relates witnessing an altercation between Stapleton and Sir Henry. Watson observed it from a distance, and couldn’t hear what the men said. The interaction appeared to...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
In the story The Hound of the Baskervilles, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are looking into the mysterious death of one Sir Charles Baskerville. The people...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle doesn't really offer much description of London aside from the names of some streets and the fact that there are hansom cabs. There is some...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes is not particularly likable in The Hound of the Baskervilles. Although he displays his sharp wit and deductive abilities in the first five chapters, he ends up foisting a role upon...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Barrymore says his wife did not cry, but Watson can see her eyes. In his first case without Sherlock Holmes, Watson is in over his head a bit. His task is to look for clues and report back. He...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Having "eyes in the back of your head" is an old idiom often used by students whose teacher seemed able to perceive everything that they did, even if she/he were not facing the students. It was...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale The Hound of the Baskervilles, Mr. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. John Watson have been enlisted to help one Sir Henry Baskervilles. Sir Henry's family seems...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Dr. Mortimer, who has come to seek the help of Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson, fears that taking Sir Henry Baskerville to the family estate is a bad idea. Dr. Mortimer's friend, Sir Charles Baskerville,...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story The Hound of the Baskervilles is centered around a great spectral hound, which we "hear" just. Prior to Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson's visits to the Baskervilles...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
This is one of those questions that requires you to read beyond the immediate material. The short answer is that Holmes becomes interested because Dr. Mortimer reads about details of the case that...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
There are actually two criminals in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of Baskervilles. The first one to be captured is Seldon, or Notting Hill Murderer. He turns out to be the brother of Mrs....
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
A next of kin is a person's nearest "living blood relative" (Investopedia, "Next of Kin"). Inheritances are often left to the next of kin, and when a deceased person has not written a will, the...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
The first chapter, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, introduces us to Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson, and Dr. James Mortimer. Dr. Mortimer has come to consult Holmes on a matter of great importance: the curse...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
In many of his Sherlock Holmes stories it was the practice of the author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, to illustrate his hero's powers of deduction early on, and then to illustrate them again at the...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
"The Hound of the Baskervilles" is the type of story in which the villain is not immediately identified but whose existence is inferable by the things he does. Sooner or later the identity of the...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
In Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes is engaged by Dr. Mortenson to solve one murder, that of Sir Charles Baskerville, and prevent another, that of his young...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Charles dies of a heart attack, but he is really murdered by his neighbor Mr. Stapleton. Charles Baskerville died in a “sudden and tragic death,” and it was his death that led to Sherlock...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Holmes vs. Stapleton: The main conflict is that Mr. Stapleton is killing heirs to the Baskerville fortune. The main conflict in the story is Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack Stapleton. We do not know that...
