Greed is not Power Greed is excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions. In The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, greed is displayed in many different forms and fashions. From Sir Hugo kidnapping a maiden, to Mr. Stapleton stealing a boot, this book perfectly represents greed. Greed can bring you to extreme measures because, as it is displayed in the book, it caused Sir Hugo to capture a woman he adored, Mr. Stapleton to shout at Sir Henry over Beryl, and Mr. Stapleton to steal Sir Henry’s boot. First, greed caused Sir Hugo to capture a maiden. In the book, Dr. Mortimer explains that Sir Hugo came to love the “daughter of a yeoman” so he snuck up on the farm and “carried off the maiden,” (7). Luckily