How Are The Hound Of The Baskervilles Similar

Mystery novels are like people; they come in all shapes and sizes. For instance, Scooby Doo and Looking for Alaska are two very different mystery novels due to the fact that one has a comedic approach versus the other has a serious approach. But, not all people are interesting. Mystery novels have to hook the reader in a way that a normal fantasy just can’t. The stories of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and The Hound of the Baskervilles have both differences and similarities but are overall both very good mysteries because of their characters, plot structure, and literary qualities. The characters in the two novels have similarities and differences. The detective from the Hound of the Baskervilles is Sherlock Holmes, who is a narcissist detective

The first element that adds to the plot is the conflict. The conflict in the Hound of the Baskervilles is that a vicious hound is on a murdering rampage and they need to stop him before he kills the last Baskerville. In the Murder of Roger Ackroyd, the conflict is about a quiet town called Kings Abbot but disaster strikes and sweet Mr. Roger Ackroyd is murdered so his daughter calls in a detective to find out who. The two conflicts aren’t very similar but they are both more or less about murder. Another topic that recurs in a mystery novel is red herrings. In The Hound of the Baskervilles, there is a character named Dr. Mortimer who acts very creepy and talks about wanting Sherlock's skull. He seems like a very good suspect for the murderer but it turns out that he’s not the murderer. In the Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Ralph Paton’s (a character in the novel) footprints are found leading up to Roger Ackroyd's window. In the end, it is revealed that James Sheppard stole Ralph Paton's shoes to leave footprints on the window to frame him. The final topic in the plot that makes the mystery novel, exciting is the Ending. The two endings in each novel are very different. In the Hound of the Baskervilles, the ending is Sherlock Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade wait outside to kill the hound who is about to attack Sir Henry (the last Baskerville). Sherlock kills the hound in order to stop Stapleton plans,

The two novels, both have atmospheres although they are very different. In the Hound of the Baskervilles, the mood is very gloomy, serious and mysterious. Examples of mood in the text are on page nine chapters one Dr. Mortimer acts very suspicious and mysterious when he says “Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure? A cast of your skull, sir, until the original is available, would be an ornament to any anthropological museum. It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.” This sets off a very strange mood because some person that you just met wants your skull. The second example of mood in the text is a quote from chapter six page 87 “Far away a chiming clock struck out the quarters of the hours, but otherwise, a deathly silence lay upon the old house. And then suddenly, in the very dead of the night, there came a sound to my ears, clear, resonant, and unmistakable. It was the sob of a woman, the muffled, strangling gasp of one who is torn by an uncontrollable sorrow.” That is a very gloomy and sad mood that gives the book a very unsettling ease. In the Murder of Roger Ackroyd the mood is very social and sneaky, one quote that sets the mood in chapter two page seven “Our hobbies and recreations can be summed up in one word, ‘gossip’.” This shows that in their little town they have a lot of social gossip which