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The Hound Of The Baskervilles Conflict Essay

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There are many conflicts in “The Hound of the Baskervilles.” Many of these being smaller conflicts that led up to the biggest conflict and plot point of the story. An example of this being when Sir Henry’s boot was stolen, this was a miniscule conflict involving Sir Henry, but we later found out that this small conflict had a big part in the story and its main conflict being, who was actually killing the Baskervilles? This conflict is resolved when Holmes discovers the hound had killed Seldon, who had been wearing Sir Henry’s old clothing, which still had his scent on it he had been killed the same way that those of the Baskervilles had. Holmes then discovers that the only rational reason that Sir Henrys boot was stolen was to pick up his …show more content…

Stapleton had asked Laura Lyons to meet Sir Henry late the night he was killed, which was much like the way he had lured Sir Henry. Stapleton did this by asking Laura to send Sir Henry a message asking him to meet her at the gate beyond the moor to discuss his giving her a bit of money. In the note Laura also asked Sir Charles for it to be burned once it was read, though he had not burned it all because part of the note could still be read with the entails L.L. So Sir Charles went beyond the moor to meet with Laura, also know as L.L. but she was not there. He had waited until he had decided he had been stood up and preceded to go back to his home, past the moor, where the hound lay in wait. Laura had “stood up” Sir Charles at the request of Mr. Stapleton, who she trusted because of their agreement to marry, as this was suitable for both of them, Laura had no idea that in fact Stapleton was already married. This is what Holmes had told Ms. Lyons in order to gain her trust and to tell them all that she knew. When she did so Holmes and Watson, along with their co-worker, Lestrade, were able to catch and kill the hound before it was able to kill Sir Henry, and stop Stapleton, but not in time to save the criminal and brother of Mrs. Barrymore,

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