Essay On The Hound Of The Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are put through an extreme task of tracking down “The Hound of the Baskervilles”. The canine that haunted Sir Henry and his ancestors for decades. The people of Dartmoor accredit the mutt for killing many of the descendants of the Baskerville family. The novel explores the theme of not being ruled by terror. Revealing the devilish dog, that rules their existence.
Admittedly, Sir Charles believed in the hound, he had nervous system problems because of the hound. This is rendered when Dr. Mortimer said “Sir Charles nervous system… nothing would induce him to go out upon the moor at night… [He felt] some ghastly presence constantly haunting him…”(23-24). Sir Charles died from a heart attack by fright of running into the beast. He saw the beast (The hounds foot prints were about 20 feet from where he layed) and the expression on his face showed it with his hands clinched in the dirt. Sir Charles hated being even close to the moor at night because of the family's deaths. He was ruled by fear for most of his adulthood

Sir Henry specifically states “... I’ve heard of the hound ever since I was in the nursery… I never thought of taking it seriously…” (49). Sir Henry didn't even think of the being real even though his very uncle died to this beast. Made it seem like nothing ever happened just that his uncle died from heart issues. He doesn't suppose that there is a canine because he thinks it is just a myth to help explain the Baskerville curse and to describe his family's deaths out upon the moor at night. Sir Henry didnt believe in the hound but at night he still didn't want to go out upon the moor just in case the story of this so called phantom like hound was