Transcript The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Examination of Sir Charles’ death
Holmes struggles with the idea of the
supernatural
The “apparition” on the moor
Watson returns to Baker Street to see Holmes
engulfed in tobacco smoke- studying the case
He had been to Devonshire in spirit
Sir Charles waited at gate- had been running
Plans to meet with Sir Henry
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Meeting with Dr. Mortimer and Sir Henry
Threatening/warning letter received
Written with hotel pen
Paper owned by educated class
Words cut out from newspaper
Stolen boot
Sir Henry refuses to stay away from family home
Holmes and Watson follow Dr. Mortimer and Sir
Henry
Cabman – “our man”
Cartwright is summoned to help search for the
newspaper
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Holmes and Watson meet with Sir Henry at the hotel
Henry missing another boot- one black , one brown
Henry decides to go to Baskerville Hall
Barrymore- suspect?
Motive for crime- Sir Charles was very wealthy
Henry’s successor- James Desmond
Brown boot found
Telegrams: Barrymore at the hall
Cartwright visited 23 hotels- no cut-up newspaper
Cab driver- driving “Holmes”
All 3 threads broken
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Watson and Holmes discuss facts- Watson
reports
Possible suspects: Barrymore, Mortimer,
Stapletons, Frankland
Black boot still missing
Arrive at Devonshire/moor
Escaped convict- Selden- loose 3 days
Watson hears sobs- can’t sleep
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-Sir Henry heard sobs as well
Barrymore questioned about sobs- caught in a
lie
Watson visits postmaster-Barrymore’s telegram
Watson meets Stapleton
Stapleton knows Watson- offers help
Stapleton’s knowledge of moor
Miss Stapleton’s warning
Watson visits Merripit House
Stapletons avoid questioning
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Mood of moor:
Watson’s letters to Holmes
Concerned about convict
Henry and Miss Stapleton
Stapleton tells of past events
Mr. Frankland-comic relief
Henry questions Barrymore about telegram
Continual sobbing
Barrymore walking the hall at 2 am
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Watson’s letters
Barrymore’s window
Sir Henry’s meeting with Miss Stapleton
Stapleton’s protest
The light on the moor
Selden’s connection to the Barrymore’s
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Watson’s diary
Henry’s fear of hound
Barrymore offers information- why Sir Charles
was at the gate
Frankland’s daughter-Laura Lyons
Figure on the moor
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Watson visits L. L.
Lyons’ correspondence with Charles
She never met Charles- changed plans
Frankland offers information about the figure
on the moor-a boy is helping
Watson searches huts on the moor
Watson finds the figure on the tor is watching
him
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Holmes has been undercover on the moor
Holmes and Watson are on the same trail
- Watson
Holmes kept attention on Watson
Stapleton and L.L. -relationship?
Mr. and Miss Stapleton’s TRUE relationship
Holmes investigated Stapleton’s past
Holmes/Watson hear hound and scream
Person dies- thought it was Henry because of his
clothes
Stapleton meets them on the moor
Holmes tells Stapleton Holmes is returning to London
tomorrow
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Selden dies-mistaken for Sir Henry(dressed in Henry’s
clothes)
Not enough evidence to convict Stapleton yetunique/complicated case
Holmes and Watson “going back” to London- leaving
Henry behind as bait
Portrait of Baskerville looks like Stapleton-Stapleton is
a Baskerville!
Holmes tells Henry to walk across moor as bait
Lestrade comes with unsigned warrant- leverage to
persuade Laura Lyons to talk
Laura Lyons learns Stapleton is married-she is upset
and tells about her meeting with Sir Charles
Holmes/Watson meet Lestrade at train station
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Watson, Lestrade, and Holmes head back to
moor
Watson spies on Stapleton and Henry and
Merripitt House
Fog threatens to hurt their plan
Hound chases Henry; Holmes shoots hound
multiple times
Miss Stapleton is found bound and abused
Stapleton escapes into Grimpen Mire
Stapleton sinks in slime- dead