Agatha Christie

In class, we read “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie. In the book we were given ten murders but one serial killer. The characters who commit the murders do so out of love, carelessness, desire for personal gain, or a fanatic personality. The two characters this essay will focus on will be Vera Claythorn and General John Gordon Macarthur. In fact, Vera Claythorn killed a boy she was the governess for, his name was Cryil. In addition, Cryil had an uncle named Hugo that Vera was madly…

In the book And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, Mrs.Rogers and her husband are both guilty of Jennifer Brady’s death. On May 6th 1929 the night of Jennifer Brady’s death, Mr and Mrs.Rogers were at Miss.Brady’s house. That night there was a storm, and Jennifer Brady was ill. Rogers tried to call the doctor, but the telephone was out of order. So Mr.Rogers went out by foot to go get the doctor. But by the time Mr.Rogers got the doctor to Miss.Brady it was too late. She had passed away.…

Nancy Drew, commonly known as the original “Girl Sleuth”, is the lead detective of the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. A young girl of 16 or 18 years of age (her age varies between stories), she was created by publisher Edward Stratemeyer, famously known for his The Hardy Boys detective series, and written by a variety of ghostwriters under the penname Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew 2015). Nancy Drew is a female, amateur detective who stumbles upon mysteries in the fictional town of River Heights where…

There are many differences between my book choice The Faceless Ones, author Derek Landy whom I will be abbreviating to dl and the book And Then There Were None’s author Agatha Christie whom i will be abbreviated to ac. While they both are very good authors the differences are both subtle and obvious. They are both very accomplished writers however more people will doubtless know about ac as she has been writing books for a longer period of time. One of the differences is that ac’s book and…

Gothic literature uses many horrific elements like murder, suspense, and paranoia. In And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, people begin to die one by one. Every time a character dies, the remaining characters become more frightened. In contrast, in Rudyard Kipling’s ¨My Own True Ghost Story¨ the main character is thrilled by death and thinks that it is interesting. Even though these stories are completely different, both explore the different perspectives of death. In And Then There Were…

Typically in gothic literature authors tend to incorporate supernatural aspects into their story. For instance, in the novel And Then There Were None, published in 1939, Agatha Christie displays a hint of supernatural by having events occur that don’t always make sense. One of the characters, Emily Brent, is oddly overcome in a trance and ends up writing, “BEATRICE TAYLOR IS THE MURDERER.” Although we know who Beatrice Taylor is and how she relates to Miss Brent, we don’t understand why she…

Death is one of the main elements in gothic literature, and can be seen in And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie and “Death of a Traveling Salesman” by Eudora Welty. In Christie’s And Then There Were None (1939), ten characters were invited to Soldier Island, which is a gothic setting because it was a remote island. Throughout the story, characters start to turn up as missing and are pronounced dead. The whole story is a series of murders that are trying to be solved. In contrast, in…

Through reading the Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, it was very attention-grabbing to read how the past can and will come back to haunt you. The Murder on the Orient Express greatly justifies how ones pasts actions can catch up to them for the worse. Christie is able to relive this crime throughout the book by several different key efforts. It is obvious that after reading a few chapters that Christie incorporated several facts from the Lindbergh case in order to really allow…

Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None is said to be one of the most phenomenal masterpieces of all time . With and exceptional plot, this novel is the third most purchased book in the world, after the Bible and Shakespeare. Christie uses symbolism, foreshadowing, and point of view to create a suspenseful atmosphere throughout the book. In the beginning of the book, 10 guests are lured to a mysterious mansion on an island off the coast of Britain. However, each guest was sent an invitation…

Agatha Christie, author of And Then There Were None used characterization and internal and external conflicts to portray the theme that when a person has done wrong, there is no way to escape punishment. Christie creatively developed these elements in And Then There Were None to teach her readers this lesson. Christie’s creativity and success as a murder mystery writer is why she is still considered the “Queen of Mystery”. Agatha Christie was born September 15, 1890 as Agatha Mary Clarissa…