In the book "The Hound of the Baskervilles"‚ the detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Watson were asked to solve a mystery. Although they were partners‚ they had very different characters. Holmes was intelligent yet arrogant and secretive‚ while Watson admired Holmes for his wisdom‚ observed Holmes and tried to learn from him. Holmes was observant‚ intelligent and rational‚ while Watson admired Holmes‚ yet he was sometimes irrational too. In chapter one‚ they were examining a walking stick
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In the report Watson wrote to Holmes concerning incidents surrounding Henry Baskervilles and the moor‚ his use of creative descriptive language revealed his romantic and imaginative feature. In contrast of Holmes‚ he was not mechanic‚ he always apply metaphors‚ similes‚ personifications and also some vivid adjectives to build up an atmosphere. [The] God-forsaken corner of the world referred to the quite isolated moor and this informal adjective gave the feeling of deserted more appealing. He admired
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Period 1 Sherlock Holmes Paper There is no doubt that Sherlock Holmes is a memorable story character. His intriguing wit‚ arrogance‚ sidekick Dr. Watson‚ and extraordinary observation of life to solve a crime‚ all combine together to create a skilled detective who can capture the attention of undying attention of readers everywhere. Although there are many key examples of Sherlock Holmes’s brilliance and exuberant personalities throughout the book‚ The Hound of the Baskervilles‚ there are seven
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The Hound of the Baskervilles The Hound of the Baskervilles was a very good page turner book. It had many clues to help you get a closer idea of who the real criminal was. As I kept on reading‚ the facts were getting clearer by the second and as different events past in the book I just wanted to keep reading the book to unmask that horrifying criminal and hope that he didn’t kill his next victim who was Sir Henry Baskerville at the end. In the paragraphs below I will be describing why
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English Book Review On The Hound of the Baskervilles 2013-2014 Done By: Gaurav Dokania XI-“D” 1149 Acknowledgement I would sincerely like to thank Mrs. Mini James‚ My English teacher as well as our principal Mrs. Geetha Balachander for giving me this opportunity to make this review on the book The Hound of the Baskervilles. I would also like to thank my parents for giving me the time‚ moral support and financial assistance to make this review a success. Without
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called “The Hound Of The Baskervilles”. This fiction mystery is about Sherlock Holmes and his partner‚ Dr. Watson. The duo solves mysteries in the town of London‚ England . (We learn that on page 4-5) The author of the book uses many types of suspense to make the reader want to read more‚ including cliffhangers (One example is at page 159) at the end of chapters and making you think that you are in the book with the characters. The
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The Truth About Sherlock Holmes Many people have heard of Sherlock Holmes but do they really know who he is? Everybody sees him as a famous worldwide detective but in fact he is more than that. In the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes who is the protagonist‚ serves as a determined character always unfolding any kind of mystery and is a very complicated but yet fascinating man. During the whole book Sherlock shows us that he is bold‚ arrogant
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The Hound of the Baskervilles Paragraph In The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ Sherlock Holmes is a very memorable detective. One of his memorable characteristics is that he is very observant. He observes his surroundings like nobody else does. An example of this is Holmes saying to Watson‚ “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by chance ever observes” (pg. 36). Another example of this is when Holmes notices Watson eyeing the walking stick left in Holmes’s apartment
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902‚ it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England’s West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome‚ diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Doctor Watson investigate the case. This was the first appearance
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Stapleton time to plan his next kill‚ which would appear to be on Sir Henry Baskerville. In the novel‚ he was the Baskerville family’s butler‚ Seldon’s brother‚ and the wife of Elizabeth Barrymore. Charles Baskerville Sir Charles Baskerville’s death was what started the mystery in the novel. He was at the Yew alley waiting for Laura Lyons when the hound leaped into the alley and frightened Baskerville until his heart could not take it any longer. His heart failed (most
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