“Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in a n endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.” - Erich Fromm It is free to say that greed is a universal concept. It lives in every person's life, greed has motivated everyone to want something more or something that someone has. In the book The Hound of The Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle the characters are full of greed and the selfish desire to be great or have something greater. Not all of them have been successful in the pursuit. Greed has motivated the characters to kill, become jealous, and lie to one another. Greed rules the lives of many and caused Sir Hugo Baskerville and Stapleton to go through to the farthest limit of death. One day Sherlock Holmes …show more content…
Stapleton to become jealous. When Holmes had been asked for help on the case, he was informed that he was the “second highest expert in Europe-”(9) Holmes was shocked and intrigued to know who the first was. This may have developed a bit of jealousy and, motivated Holme to solve the case and prove to Mr. Mortimer that he was indeed the best expert. Later on Holmes was supposedly in London, so he sent Dr. Watson in his place to keep an eye on Sir Henry( the next heir of the Baskerville estate). While being there Henry had grown fond of Ms. Stapleton. Then one day Henry walked alone on the moor requesting space from Watson’s sight. Sneaking around to catch a glimpse of what was going on Watson hid behind a hill. Soon he sees Beryl and Henry hugging in delight, but close by Mr. Stapleton was watching growing jealous of the situation. Stapleton then interrupted the conversation with wild/ absurd actions. Ater Stapleton apologised for his rudeness, he told Henry,” “His sister is everything in his life,”(125). Stapleton did this because he was jealous and worried that henry was going to steal Beryl from his