Relationships between family members can play a vital role in how people are perceived and in their behavior. A recurring theme throughout “The Hound of the Baskervilles” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has been the portrayal of strong family relationships, their importance, as well as their incorporation in to people’s characters, behavior and personality. Doyle uses a couple of three-way relationships to vividly paint this theme. They include the relationship between Mr. Stapleton, Ms. Stapleton, Sir Henry Baskerville and; Mr. Barrymore, Mrs. Barrymore, and the convict.
The relationship between Sir Henry Baskerville and the Stapletons can be described at the very least, as complicated. It is filled with both strong and weak bonds. “But for God’s
