Hound of the Baskervilles The hound of the Baskervilles is a story that combines the realms of the logical Darwinian sciences and the supernatural. There are many clear and apparent examples of these two topics throughout the story and they play a prevalent role in the theme of the book. One example of a supernatural idea in this story is the whole legend of "The Hound". This can be clearly seen on p.6 when out of an old manuscript it is read "a foul thing, a great black beast, larger than ... the Grimpen Mire". Here Holmes is referring to the Dog whistle that Mr. Stapleton used to called the...

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• Grade Level: High School

... of the wings the windows were broken, and blocked with wooden boards, while the roof was partly caved in, a picture of ruin. The manor of Stoke Moran is the kind of place that a murder mystery is likely to take place. The more successful mystery authors like Arthur Conan-Doyle favour this type of setting (he used a large forbidding house' setting for other stories, such as "Hound of the Baskervilles-). While Stoke Moran is the typical setting of ... a murder mystery, victory ball is perhaps not so ominous but, a typical setting for a modern detective story. The Victory ball, is a masked...

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Hound Of the Baskervilles Setting - About 1884-85, most of story takes place at Baskerville Hall in Devonshire. The introduction and the conclusion of this classic mystery occur at Sherlock Holmes' residence on Baker Street in London. Plot - We begin our story on Baker Street where Holmes and Watson talk to James Mortimer. He gives him the history of the Baskerville family starting with Hugo, the first victim of the hound, all the way up to the most ... recent slaying, of Sir Charles Baskerville. The next of kin is notified and he is to carry on the family legacy and live his remaining years ...

• Word Count: 1302
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School