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The Hound Of The Baskerville Research Paper

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The Hound of the Baskerville
Crime fiction became popular in the 1840’s with the works of Edgar Allan Poe, however scientific crime fiction has been credited to Arthur Conan Doyle. Arthur Conan Doyle is the author of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. This fictional detective, made his first appearance in The Strand Magazine short story “A Scandal in Bohemia” in 1891 and appeared in four novels and 56 short stories. One of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous novels is “The Hound of the Baskervilles” featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as detectives who are responsible for solving the mystery and the family curse of “The Hound”. In the novel, there is a “supernatural” hound, but with Holmes’ deductive and scientific reasoning reveals the …show more content…

and Mrs. Barrymore, and most importantly Stapleton. Laura Lyons is a girl who was in love with Sir Charles Baskerville and sent a letter to him on the day of his death, but conveniently she “never went” (Doyle 143) to the place of his death. When Watson asked her why, she replied “That is a private matter. I cannot tell it”(Doyle 143). Doyle continues to confuse the reader and introduces another suspect Mr. and Mrs. Barrymore. They became the second suspect when Watson caught them lurking around Baskerville Hall and shining a candle into the window. Watson asked him what he was doing and he lied to him, saying he was checking if the windows “fastened”(Doyle 114). Watson knew he was lying and he asked him to tell the truth and he replied with “it is not my secret, and I cannot tell it” (Doyle 115). Now there are a few people who have been considered suspects, but the most obvious one is Mr. Stapleton. Mr. Stapleton is a sly devil, in the very beginning appears quite odd, when he chases a butterfly towards the Grimpen Mire. Since he told Watson not to go there, then a lady rushes towards him, warning him to “go back! She said go straight back to London” (Doyle 86). Turns out that this lady was Mrs. Stapleton and she thought Watson was Sir Henry, inferring that Stapleton is up to something. Lastly, the final suspect is the hound, but is it real or a supernatural

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