Jack Stapleton In The Hound Of The Baskervilles

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Humans are extremely possessive creatures. This comes from innate greed, as well as other things, that is simply human nature. However, some people are more possessive than others. They do not just want to possess things; they have to possess them. This need for possession can be shown in many of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s characters, specifically Mr. Stapleton in his most well known work, The Hound of the Baskervilles. Many analytically lenses can be used to view Mr. Jack Stapleton’s desire for possession, but the one that can be used to view this best is a psychoanalytically lens. Arthur Conan Doyle’s character from The Hound of the Baskervilles, Mr. Jack Stapleton, lives his life through his obsession for possession, which is shown through …show more content…

Stapleton has an Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder. This is not the same disorder as an Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is a mental disorder where people feel as if they must repetitively do or check things caused by anxiety. An example of one of these actions would be repetitively checking to see if one’s house door is locked for fear of intruders or repetitively washing one’s hands because of fear of germs. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is more interesting and can be frequent in psychopaths. OCPD “is marked by a preoccupation with rules, orderliness, perfectionism, and control” (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 1). Mr. Jack Stapleton exemplifies that he has this. He is obsessed with everything he does and very little can stop or distract him. A suburb example of this is shown on page (finish …show more content…

Stapleton has a passion for entomology, but this love for the subject is a fantastic representation of his personality. The first time that Watson encounters Stapleton, Jack is “wearing a straw hat . . . and he carried a green butterfly-net in one of his hands” (Doyle 80). This first impression is an accurate indictor of Jack’s passion for entomology. As can be inferred later in the book in the bug museum of the Stapleton’s house, entomology is more than a passion to Mr. Stapleton. Shortly after Watson and Stapleton meet, they both witness a pony get swallowed into the moor. This should discourage anyone to go close to the moor. Moments after watching this tragedy, Stapleton’s true character breaks through this false personality that he have created. For the first time, his obsession for possession is shown. Jack Stapleton says to Watson, “’Oh, excuse me an instant! It is surely Cyclopides.’” (Doyle 86). Next Watson narrates, “To my dismay the creature flew straight for the great mire, and my acquaintance never paused for an instant, bounding from tuft to tuft behind it” (Doyle 86 – 87). Stapleton drops all of his regard for safety in an attempt to catch this bug, his obsession. He will put him self in any situation in order to attain what he desires, which is a dangerous trait for a man to have. Later Watson realizes what has been described. “In that impassive, colourless man, with his straw hat and his butterfly-net, I seemed to se something

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