Gothic, Not Ideal Form In The Hound Of The Baskervilles
In this essay, I will do a close analysis of the genre The Hound of the Baskervilles belongs to and how it undermines the ideal detective novel.
Tales of mystery are classified into two types. One is the ideal detective story which is a fantasy of social order. The narrative pattern basically involves a struggle between the detective and criminal, triumph of the detective, punishment of criminal and hence a restoration of law and order in society. One would automatically classify The Hound of the Baskervilles as a novel of this genre. Yet I believe this novella to be more of the other type: the Gothic Tale. This is because it threatens the very assumptions and values of the ideal detective novel.
The Hound of the Baskervilles is built around a series of binary oppositions. One primary opposition is between the progressive present and the primitive past. Sir Henry Baskerville wanting to modernise Baskerville court "I'll have a row of......
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