Hound Of The Baskervilles Research Paper

The Hound of the Baskervilles novel starred a vicious hound that was believed to be a demon haunting the Baskerville family. Regardless of your belief in supernatural organisms, Sherlock Holmes did not originally believe in such nonsense. Of course the ‘demon’ turned out to be a trained dog, but how much of it was the dog’s will? The dog did originally come from the blackmarket. Black Markets have been known to abuse their dogs that were for sale, either because they were used for fighting or other deranged and abusive reasons. In this story, the dog seems to be very viscous, especially to kill two men (and tried to kill another) without sympathy. We can assume that this dog was trained/bred to hunt. Therefore, we can conclude why it was so easy for the hound to kill two men and his strong scent of smell used to hunt and kill. Notice how in the novel it states that Stapleton gets the hugest hound he can find. Obviously this guy was looking for and animal that was huge and could fight to do much more damage. Ex: If a little teacup poodle scrapes you, it may sting the slightest bit, however, if you got scratched by the huge Hound, you could have gotten your guts ripped out.

Still, you must teach one to obey first. How much of it was the dog’s ancestors, and how much was how it was raised? As stated before, blackmarket dogs were obedient or else. It could be true that the dog did what Stapleton said out of fear. The story never mentioned a location where there was evidence of a hound. Maybe the only reason the dog went after those people was because it was neglected, and was hungry. Abused dogs display higher levels of several behavioral characteristics, including hyperactivity and aggression toward unfamiliar people and dogs, which could have played a role in it’s merciless