Who-or what-is threatening Sir Henry's life? And how can we figure it out without the help of Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective who ever lived? Climax (Crisis/Turning Point) It's Hard to Take a Villain Seriously When He's Always Carrying a Butterfly Net And in the background of all of the strange happenings that surround Sir Henry, there's always the rumor of the Hound creeping out both him and Watson. So when Sir Henry makes plans to return to his old family home, Holmes asks Watson to go with him as a kind of bodyguard/investigator combo. But there is something weird going on at Baskerville Hall, and it seems to center on poor Sir Henry, the new heir. He's a scientific and logical detective, after all. Obviously, Holmes does not buy the ghost Hound story. We spend Chapters 4 through 12 of this novel picking up about a million plot twists (only a slight exaggeration). Rising Action (Conflict/Complication) Maybe the Murderer Isn't a Hound From Hell After All? So, the initial situation is one of danger and the supernatural: Doctor Mortimer believes that this is a ghost story, even though Holmes is a supremely practical and rational detective. After all, he wants Sir Henry to be comfortable in his new home-and he doesn't want to make Sir Henry another victim of the Hound's appetite for Baskervilles. He just wants to know what Holmes thinks he should tell the new heir to Sir Charles' estate, Sir Henry Baskerville. In fact, according to Doctor Mortimer, this ghostly Hound has recently added another victim to its list: Sir Charles Baskerville, whose dead body was found lying in his driveway with a grotesque expression of fear on his face.ĭoctor Mortimer is so sure that the Hound is responsible for Sir Charles' death that he doesn't think it's worthwhile for Holmes to investigate further. Exposition (Initial Situation) Here, Doggie! Nice Doggie! (Please Don't Eat the Baskervilles)Īt the start of The Hound of the Baskervilles, detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal friend Doctor John Watson are sitting happily in the apartment they share (as roomies) when Doctor James Mortimer arrives to tell them a bizarre family legend about a giant demon dog that haunts the Baskerville family in the southwestern English region of Dartmoor.
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