“Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!” This is a famous quote from the novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This book also has many movie adaptations. There are four main movie adaptations of the novel, but the one that this essay will look at is the 2002 variation. This essay will focus on the many similarities and differences between the two works.
Some of the major differences between the novel and the movie is that in the movie, Holmes is able to inspect the body of Sir Charles whereas in the book, Holmes has to figure out how he died without getting to see the body. He is informed of the body on page 25 by Dr. Mortimer, who tells him that there were no injuries on him, which helps Holmes conclude that Henry had died from fright, not from the hound. Another major difference between the two works is that there was no mention of Laura Lyons and Mr. Frankland in the movie because there was no one playing those roles in the cast of the film. Laura Lyons and Mr. Frankland are a relevant part of the novel because on pages 162-167, Watson interrogates her and he finds out that she had a connection to Sir Charles. …show more content…
In the novel, Holmes concludes that Sir Charles died from a heart attack after the account that Mortimer gave him about the death, and in the movie, where holmes inspects the body and sees that he died from fright. Another similarity between the two is that Mr. Stapleton is cruel to his wife, and it is showed in the novel on page 225 it states, “See how he has treated me!” Mrs. Stapleton then shows that her arms are covered with bruises and later it says, “It is my mind and soul that he has tortured and defiled,” which proves how cruel that Mr. Stapleton had been to his wife. This cruelty is showed in the movie when Mrs. Stapleton commits suicide and hangs
Some of the major differences between the novel and the movie is that in the movie, Holmes is able to inspect the body of Sir Charles whereas in the book, Holmes has to figure out how he died without getting to see the body. He is informed of the body on page 25 by Dr. Mortimer, who tells him that there were no injuries on him, which helps Holmes conclude that Henry had died from fright, not from the hound. Another major difference between the two works is that there was no mention of Laura Lyons and Mr. Frankland in the movie because there was no one playing those roles in the cast of the film. Laura Lyons and Mr. Frankland are a relevant part of the novel because on pages 162-167, Watson interrogates her and he finds out that she had a connection to Sir Charles. …show more content…
In the novel, Holmes concludes that Sir Charles died from a heart attack after the account that Mortimer gave him about the death, and in the movie, where holmes inspects the body and sees that he died from fright. Another similarity between the two is that Mr. Stapleton is cruel to his wife, and it is showed in the novel on page 225 it states, “See how he has treated me!” Mrs. Stapleton then shows that her arms are covered with bruises and later it says, “It is my mind and soul that he has tortured and defiled,” which proves how cruel that Mr. Stapleton had been to his wife. This cruelty is showed in the movie when Mrs. Stapleton commits suicide and hangs