Mysteries and Metaphors
Which Baskerville family member was involved in the original legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles
Hugo Baskerville
What item appears at the beginning of the story and who does it belong to?
walking stick - Dr. James Mortimer
Who is found tied up at one point in this novel?
Beryl Stapleton
What does Holmes do in this novel that should make Watson very upset?
He comes and hides out in Devonshire without telling Watson.
Which mystery involved the woman L.L.
Who was Charles Baskerville going to meet at the gate on the night of his death?
What relation is "Jack Stapleton" to Charles Baskerville?
He is Charles Baskerville's nephew.
Who is Lestrade and when does he enter into the plot of the book?
He is a detective who comes to help Holmes and Watson when they are trying to use Baskerville as bait to trap Stapleton.
“Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it. I confess, my dear fellow, that I am very much in your debt.”
How does this quotation show the relationship between Holmes and Watson.
Holmes gives Watson a backhanded compliment: according to Holmes, Watson doesn’t “possess genius” but he can “stimulate it,” which implies Homes is the genius who uses Watson to show how smart Holmes is.
Where had Stapleton been keeping the hound?
In a kennel on the Grimpen Mire
Why was Eliza Barrymore crying the first night Watson stayed at Baskerville Hall?
She was upset about her brother, the convict, who was hiding out near the mansion.
What is a red herring that appears in this novel?
Several responses: Selden the convict
L.L.
Barrymore and his wife (“the butler did it!”)
“The Man on the Tor"
“He burst into one of his rare fits of laughter as he turned away from the picture. I have not heard him laugh often, and it has always boded ill to somebody.”
What picture is Holmes turning away from, and why is he laughing?
He notices the paintings in Baskerville Hall of the Baskervilles look like Stapleton, and he laughs because he realizes why Stapleton has a motive to kill Charles and Henry Baskerville.
In the chapter title “fixing the nets,” what are “the nets” referring to?
Holmes and Watson are trying to trap Stapleton. It is also fitting because Stapleton is a naturalist and is often seen carrying a butterfly net.
What are some of the things Stapleton keeps in his hiding place in the Grimpen Mire
a chained up hound, phosphorous, Baskerville’s boot, dog bones
Other than being known for suing people, what connections does Frankland have to the case.
His daughter is Laura Lyons, the woman who was protecting Stapleton and was supposed to meet with Charles the night of his death.
“What further inferences may we draw?” “Do none suggest themselves? You know my methods. Apply them!”
What qualities of Sherlock Holmes does this quotation show?
Holmes loves making inferences based on clues. He is proud of his “methods” and gets impatient with Watson when he doesn’t immediately know what Holmes is thinking.
What were the three broken threads?
1. They couldn’t find any newspapers at any hotels that would have been used to make the warning note.
2. The cab driver said the man who had been following Sir Henry was Sherlock Holmes!
3. Barrymore had been at Baskerville Hall and wasn't in London.
Although we discover the hound was a real dog, why does this novel still contains elements of the supernatural?
The people in Dartmoor believe the legend of the hound and fear a supernatural hound exists. Their fear drives the plot of the story and allows Stapleton to do what he does.
Holmes describes Jack Stapleton as “a hard nut to crack.” What does Stapleton do well as the antagonist of this story?
He befriends Baskerville, seduces and controls his wife and Laura Lyons, disguises that he is a Baskerville, and controls the Hound.
“Well?” said he. “Do you not find it interesting?” “To a collector of fairy-tales.”
What is the “it” this quotation refers to?
The legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles. Holmes compares it to a “fairy tale."