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    Edgar Allan Poe’s character Dupin was looked fondly upon by Sir Arthur Doyle‚ so much so that Doyle based aspects of Sherlock Holmes off this timeless crime solver. The Hound of the Baskervilles was written by Sir Arthur Doyle and published in the year 1901. Edgar Allan Poe’s short story‚ “Murders in the Rue Morgue”‚ was published sixty years after Doyle’s famous work of literature. The key to any famous mystery are the characters and the crime itself. Without these two elements there would not be

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    Arthur Holmes was a geologist and scientist who made a few major contributions to our understanding of how Earth works. Holmes passed away in 1965. Before his death he made two major contributions to science. Holmes also went to college and invented some very useful inventions that we use today. Arthur Holmes is a geologist who made two major contributions to the scientific community. Arthur Holmes entered Imperial College in London in 1907. Holmes read physics under R.J. Strutt for his first

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    To start with Arthur Conan Doyle born May 22‚ 1859‚ in Edinburgh‚ Scotland to a prosperous‚ strict Irish-Catholic family. His parents‚ Charles Lamont Doyle and Mary Elizabeth Foley Doyle‚ Charles and Mary married in1855. Born into an immense family of seven sisters and one brother‚ however‚ some of his siblings did not live to adulthood. Young Doyle’s childhood was atrocious‚ of course‚ there were some superb moments in his childhood. Doyle’s father a moderately successful artist‚ struggled with

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    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ as many know‚ is the prestigious author and creator of the sharp witted‚ fictional character of Sherlock Holmes. However‚ he had written on subjects other than that of his brilliant mystery stories. For example‚ he wrote historical novels such as The White Company‚ Sir Nigel‚ and Micah Clarke. There were many events in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s life that had a direct effect on why he became a writer and the subject matter that he wrote on. He was born in Edinburgh in May

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    methods of Characterization to develop and describe characters in their story by using the narration and the thoughts of other participants to show how the character looks‚ behaves‚ and sounds. In The Hound of the Baskervilles‚ author‚ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle utilizes Characterization to bring to life the antagonist of the story‚ Mr. Jack Stapleton. Normally‚ an author uses physical appearance to intimate the personality of the character. In Doyle’s book‚ the narrator describes Mr. Jack Stapleton’s

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    Characterization is the process by which the author brings a character to life. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle uses exceptional characterization throughout the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. There are four methods of characterization which can be revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization. The most common method of characterization is the narrator’s direct description of a character. This is a very important method as it enables the reader to have a vivid picture in their

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    Heather Scott Professor Sevart English Composition 101 11-21-12 Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle‚ author of Hound of the Baskervilles‚ was born on May 22‚ 1859‚ in Edinburgh‚ Scotland. The Doyle’s were a prosperous Irish-Catholic family‚ who had a prominent position in the world of Art. Charles Altamont Doyle‚ Arthur’s father‚ a chronic alcoholic‚ was the only member of his family‚ who apart from fathering a brilliant son‚ never accomplished anything of note. There was little money in the family

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    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (#15 in our series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen when viewing

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    Tension and Atmosphere in “The Hound of the Baskervilles” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859. His mother Mary Doyle regularly read to him which is where he began his own love of books. Some years after graduating from college in 1876 he began writing. His first Sherlock Holmes book was “A Study in Scarlet”‚ written in 1887. “The Hound of the Baskervilles” was written in 1902. The plot of this story focuses on a hound‚ supposedly trying to kill off the Baskerville family

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    Sherlock Holmes Influencing Modern Science [pic] Sherlock Holmes was a fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes was a London detective who was famous for his master disguises and his intellectual ability to solve difficult crime cases. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gave Sherlock Holmes many different ways to solve crimes such as fingerprinting‚ ballistics and handwriting analysis in order to determine the identity of the suspect. In the early 1900’s‚ solving a crime

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