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79 Cards in this Set
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Who is Godfrey Ablewhite?
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-A renowned philanthropist and leader of several Ladies' Charity Groups in London
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What is Godfrey Ablewhite's role in the Moonstone?
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-Steals the diamond after drugging Franklin
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Who is Martin Beck?
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A fictional Swedish police detective
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What is Martin Becks role in The Terrorists?
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-Beck and his team are opposed by a cool sociopath named Heydt
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Who is Gabriel Betteredge?
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Gabriel Betteredge is the trusted house steward of Lady Verinder
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Define Bildungsroman
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A novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education.
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What is Black Mask?
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Black Mask was a pulp magazine launched in 1920 by journalist H. L. Mencken and drama critic George Jean Nathan as one of a number of money-making publishing ventures
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Who is Mark Callender?
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The victim in an Unsuitable Job for a Woman.
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What is Mark Callender role in the novel and how does he relate to the theme?
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The murder victim, was set up to look as if it was a suicide as well was dressed as a woman. He relates to the theme
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Who is Raymond Chandler?
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The Author of The Big Sleep
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Define Characterization
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Means of giving information about characters—their personalities, values, histories, etc.—characters may be round or flat, dynamic or static
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Who is Agatha Christie?
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The author of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
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Who is Wilkie Collins?
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The author of The Moonstone
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What is a cozy?
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-Cozy mysteries, also referred to simply as "cozies," are a subgenre of crime fiction in which violence is downplayed or treated humorously
-The term was first coined in the late 20th century when various writers produced work in an attempt to re-create the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. |
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Who is Sergeant Cuff?
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- Sergeant Cuff is a renowned detective from London.
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What is Sergeant Cuff's role in the Moonstone? How does he related to the theme?
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-Detective hired to solve the mystery of the missing diamond.
-Cuff is idiosyncractic—his favorite pastime when not working is to breed roses. -Cuff also exhibits a quiet sympathy for some others. |
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Who is Ralph Devereux?
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A good looking man that works for Yardley Masters, who V.I Warshawski strikes up somewhat of a relationship with
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What is Ralph Devereux's role in Indemnity Only and how does he relate to the theme
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Vic had kept her personal relationship with Ralph Devereaux away from the nonsense, up until the very end when it's discovered that his boss.
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Who is C. Auguste Dupin?
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A fictional detective created by Edgar Allan Poe. Dupin made his first appearance in Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
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What is Dupin's role in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"?
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C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women.
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Define femme fatale
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-An attractive and seductive woman, esp. one who will ultimately bring disaster to a man who becomes involved with her.
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Define Genre Fiction
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Genre fiction, also known as popular fiction, is plot-driven fictional works written with the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre
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What/When was the Golden Age?
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-1920-1939
-The Golden Age of Detective Fiction was an era of classic murder mystery novels produced by various authors, all following similar patterns and style. |
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What is Gothic Fiction?
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Gothic fiction, sometimes referred to as Gothic horror, is a genre or mode of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance.
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Define Great Detective
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Famous fictional detectives or Great detectives are often refereed to the fictional character in detective fiction.
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Who is Cordelia Gray?
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Young, detective in An Unsuitable Job for A Woman
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What is Cordelia Gray's role in An Unsuitable Job for a Woman?
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Detective, solves the mystery.
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Who is Dashiel Hammett?
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Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, a screenplay writer, and political activist.
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Define Hard-Boiled detective fiction
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Hardboiled fiction is a literary genre sharing the setting with crime fiction.
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Who is Sherlock Holmes?
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The novel's protagonist.
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What role does Sherlock Holmes play in The Hound of the Baskervilles? How does he relate to the theme?
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-Holmes is observation and intuition personified, and though he takes a bit of a back seat to Watson in this story, we always feel his presence.
-It takes his legendary powers to decipher the mystifying threads of the case. |
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Who is P.D. James?
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The author of An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
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Who is Ezra Jennings? What role does he play in in The Moonstone?
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-Ezra Jennings is the assistant to Mr. Candy.
-Jennings has a strange appearance—he is tall and thin, with a face wrinkled beyond his years and hair that is half white and half black—that causes him to be shunned from social interaction -one who figures out that Franklin Blake must have been drugged with opium the night that he took the Moonstone. |
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Define liberal feminism
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Liberal feminism is an individualistic form of feminism theory, which primarily focuses on women’s ability to show and maintain their equality through their own actions and choices.
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Who is Rebecka Lind?
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Young and single mother living in Stockholm, sub plot
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What role does Rebecka Lind in The Terrorists?
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-desperate struggle to survive and provide a good life for her baby is threaded through
-contrasted with the other plot, where all the cleverness that Beck and his team can summon is used to prevent the assassination unpopular Senator the U.S. |
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Define literary fiction
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Literary fiction is a term principally used for certain fictional works that are claimed to hold literary merit
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Discuss Macbeth in the context of the course
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-reoccurring crime
-To illustrate the way we all use different reading strategies depending on the kind of fiction we take ourselves |
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Who is Philip Marlowe?
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The novel's protagonist and in many ways its modern "knight."
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What role does Philip Marlowe play in The Big Sleep?
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-Marlowe is a private detective who is asked to deal with a blackmailing case for the wealthy General Sternwood
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Define Mean Streets
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An area of a city where the poor or socially deprived live or work, or an area that is noted for violence and crime.
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What is the Metropolitan Police Act?
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The Act established the Metropolitan Police of London, replacing the previously disorganized system of parish constables and watchmen.
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Who is Daphne Monet?
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-A woman who appears white but is "colored."
-She left Mr. Carter after stealing thirty-thousand dollars from him. -The mystery revolves around trying to locate Daphne. -Daphne's real name is Ruby Hanks. |
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What role does Daphne Monet play in Devil In A Blue Dress? How does she relate to the theme of the novel?
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A woman who appears white but is "coloured." She is Frank Green's half-sister and Todd Carter's love. She left Mr. Carter after stealing thirty-thousand dollars from him. The mystery revolves around trying to locate Daphne. At the novel's end, we discover that Daphne's real name is Ruby Hanks.
-Example of Racial Prejudice. |
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What is the Moonstone?
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-The thing the plot essentially revolves around
-Stolen from the Indians by the British -Stolen from Rachels room -Indians get it back |
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Discuss the plot of The Moonstone
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-The Moonstone is stolen
-Franklin Blake steals it, but Franklin has no memory -Sergeant Cuff is called in to investigate -Ezra Jennings guesses Franklin was under the influence -Godfrey Ablewhite takes the diamond from Franklin, sells it, killed by Indians - Franklin and Rachel are married |
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Who is Walter Mosley?
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Author of Devil In A Blue Dress
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Who is Mouse in Devil In A Blue Dress? How does he relate to the theme of the novel?
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Otherwise known as Raymond Alexander, Mouse is Easy's best and most dangerous friend from Houston. He is renowned for his quickness to kill, and can intimidate even the likes of Junior Fornay and Frank Green. Mouse helps Easy solve the mystery.
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What is Newgate fiction?
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Fiction based of the Prison in London The Newgate novels were novels published in the late 1820s-1840s that were thought to glamorize the lives of the criminals they portrayed.
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Who is Sara Paretsky?
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Author of the V.I. Warsharwski Novels, Idenmity Only.
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What is the Pinkerton Agency?
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Pinkerton National Detective Agency, is a private security guard and detective agency established in the United States by Allan Pinkerton in 1850
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Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
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The author of the The Murders in the Rue Morgue
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Who is Hercule Poirot?
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Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective, created by Agatha Christie, who was in the Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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Define police procedural
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A crime novel in which the emphasis is on the procedures used by the police in solving the crime.
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Define private investigator
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A freelance detective who carries out investigations on behalf of private clients.
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Define puzzle mystery
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The puzzle mystery is a sub-genre of detective fiction where the emphasis is on the "whodunnit" aspect. The entire novel or film is oriented to the puzzle and its solution, and characterization takes a distinctly secondary place.
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Who is Ian Rankin?
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Ian Rankin is a Scottish crime writer, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels.
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Define ratiocination?
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Figuring things out through logic and reason
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Who is Easy Rawlings?
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The novel's protagonist. His full name is Ezekiel Rawlings. After fighting in World War II, Easy settles in segregated Los Angeles. He is fiercely proud of his home and haunted by memories from the war.
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What is Easy Rawlings role in Devil In A Blue Dress?
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He's a Private Investigator.
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Who is John Rebus?
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Detective Inspector John Rebus is the protagonist
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What is John Rebus' role in Knots and Crosses?
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He's working on the case of the murdered women, and discovers who the murderer is
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Who is Gordon Reeve?
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The murderer in Knots and Crosses, an old army buddy of Rebus'
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Who is Vivian Regan?
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The elder of General Sternwood's wild daughters. Vivian is seductive but dangerous, a beautiful and smart temptress whose dark eyes hide many secrets. She is a gambler and a drinker and an accomplice to murder.
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What are the rules of fair play?
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1. The criminal must be mentioned early on in the story.
2. Supernatural solutions are ruled out. 3. Only one secret room or passage is allowed per story. 4. No undiscovered poisons or devise needing a long scientific explanation are permitted. 5. The detective must never be helped by lucky accidents, intuitions or coincidences. 6. The detective must not himself commit the crime. 7. The detective must state every clue they discovers. 8. The thoughts of the “Watson” must not be concealed from the reader, and he needs to be slightly less intelligent than the reader. 9. Twin brothers, and doubles generally, must not appear unless we have been duly prepared for them. |
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Define sensation fiction
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The sensation novel was a literary genre of fiction popular in Great Britain in the 1860s and 1870s,[1] following on from earlier melodramatic novels and the Newgate novels, which focused on tales woven around criminal biographies. It also drew on the gothic and romantic genres of fiction.
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Who is Dr. Sheppard?
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The doctor, Poirot's assistant (and the story's narrator)
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What role does Dr.Sheppard play in The Muder of Roger Ackroyd? How does he relate to the theme
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He's the one who commits the murders but no one would suspect it because he is such a trustworthy person.
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Discuss "The Simple Art of Murder"
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-A critical essay and a collection of short stories written by hard-boiled detective fiction author Raymond Chandler.
-The essay is considered a seminal piece of literary criticism. Although Chandler's primary topic is the art of detective fiction, he touches on general literature and modern society as well. |
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Who are Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö?
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The Authors of The Terrorists
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Who is Carmen Sternwood?
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-Carmen is flirtatious, wears provocative clothing, and could be considered not only a psychotic but also a nymphomaniac.
-She is prone to drinking, drugs, and sexual behaviour, and is mentally unstable. -Beneath her innocent, thumb-sucking, child-like veneer, she is the murderess of Rusty Regan. |
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Who is Jill Thayer?
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-She seems to be the only one that cares about Peter. -Warshawski’s client as a mean to keep her on the case after her father is killed,
-The two obviously share a relationship that is much more than business, incorporated into Vic’s very private life and proves to be one of the few people our PI has a soft spot for. |
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Who is Rachel Verinder?
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She's the lead female character in The Moonstone
-illusive, very enigmatic, hard to read/interpret, loyal -inspires jealousy -not very lady like -behaviour is more straightforward, reticent -blunt -very private with information, but not emotions -honesty, honour -not the normal “English Rose” in her physical features, very dark |
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Who is V.I. Warshawski?
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Vick Warshawski is a private detective, who goes on the search for Anita McGraw only to uncover a much more twisted plot of serial murders, thugs, and insurance fraud.
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Who is Dr. Watson?
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The novel's other protagonist and narrator. Dr. Watson is the stout sidekick to Holmes and longtime chronicler of the detective's adventures.
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Discuss the Themes of the Moonstone
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-Subjective experience versus objective knowledge
-the disparity between different systems of value -Imperial Conquest -Supernatural Explanations |
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Discuss the Themes of The Hounds of the Baskervilles
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-Natural and supernatural; truth and fantasy
-Classism and hierarchy |
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Discuss the Themes in The Big Sleep
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-The Cynicism of 1930s America
-The Corruption of American Society |
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What is the order of crime fiction (chronology)
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-Origins
-Super Sleuths -Golden Age -Hard Boiled -Police Procedural -Feminist Revision |
