Hound Of The Baskervilles Literary Analysis Essay

In the story Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes and his trusty companion are faced with another mystery that they are to solve. At the beginning of the book a man called Dr. Mortimer heads towards Sherlock’s office where he informs him of Sir Charles, a man who mysteriously died. Mortimer tells of a family curse in which a black hound haunts the Baskervilles family. The plot thickens as Henry, who is Charles only heir receives a letter informing him to avoid the family mansion and has 2 boots stolen from him. Watson is sent to investigate for Sherlock and continues to send reports to him who is supposedly in London. This is later revealed to be false and Sherlock is actually the person who lurked on the moor. Henry had an uncle named Jack, who wanted the family fortune and mansion, this is the reason he killed Charles and now wanted to kill Henry. No one knew about this except Sherlock who secretly investigated in his own time. The night in which Jack finally attempts to kill Henry by using the shoe he stole to give the hound his scent. Sherlock catches Jack and shoots the hound before Henry is killed, then continuing to chase Jack

He describes the setting with lots of detail so that he can create an image in the reader’s minds. He used Watson, the companion of Sherlock, to do this as his character commonly does this in the book and others in the series. He also dramatizes the story in many ways. “My previous letters and telegram have kept you pretty well up-to-date as to all that has occurred in this most God-forsaken corner of the world.” Using God-forsaken is making the story more dramatic and interesting. The story is also heavily dialogue based because it is a detective story and information comes from human sources. The dialogue in the story helps explain how the characters act as well as their