Agatha Christie, the brilliant author of some of the most well known murderous mystery stories, uses the theme of what goes around comes back around to write the novel And Then There Were None. Her use of conflict and style helps bring this theme to life.
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller, born on September 15th, 1890 in England, was the youngest of 3 children. Her mother educated her from home and was the one who encouraged her to write. In her early years Miller enjoyed playing in her own personal fantasy world and quite frequently would create characters. In 1906, when Miller was just 16 years old, she moved to Paris, France to study vocals and the piano for only a short amount of time. Eight years later, in 1914, Miller married Colonel Archibald …show more content…
In this story Christie focuses on the murder of a rich heiress and introduced one of her most famous characters, Detective Hercule Poirot. (“Christie, Agatha” 176; Curran).
And Then There Were None is a fictional book about an insane egomaniac killer who lures a group of people to Soldier Island and traps them there, killing each one for their specific crimes they committed. When reading the story Vera Claythorne is made to be the protagonist, while the unknown killer, whom we later find out is Justice Wargrave, is the antagonist.
Vera Claythorne is the last to be killed, but only because crime was the worst of them all according to Wargrave. Just to gain riches beyond her wildest thoughts, she allowed a little boy to swim far out into the ocean and drown. She is described as being level headed and not acting stupidly. Her plan was to allow Cyril, the little boy, swim to a rock far out in the ocean, make it seem like she couldn't get to him in time, and allow him to drown and die. She thought that Hugo, Cyril’s uncle, would marry her and that nobody would realize what she did. But in the end Hugo realized what Vera did and refused to marry
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller, born on September 15th, 1890 in England, was the youngest of 3 children. Her mother educated her from home and was the one who encouraged her to write. In her early years Miller enjoyed playing in her own personal fantasy world and quite frequently would create characters. In 1906, when Miller was just 16 years old, she moved to Paris, France to study vocals and the piano for only a short amount of time. Eight years later, in 1914, Miller married Colonel Archibald …show more content…
In this story Christie focuses on the murder of a rich heiress and introduced one of her most famous characters, Detective Hercule Poirot. (“Christie, Agatha” 176; Curran).
And Then There Were None is a fictional book about an insane egomaniac killer who lures a group of people to Soldier Island and traps them there, killing each one for their specific crimes they committed. When reading the story Vera Claythorne is made to be the protagonist, while the unknown killer, whom we later find out is Justice Wargrave, is the antagonist.
Vera Claythorne is the last to be killed, but only because crime was the worst of them all according to Wargrave. Just to gain riches beyond her wildest thoughts, she allowed a little boy to swim far out into the ocean and drown. She is described as being level headed and not acting stupidly. Her plan was to allow Cyril, the little boy, swim to a rock far out in the ocean, make it seem like she couldn't get to him in time, and allow him to drown and die. She thought that Hugo, Cyril’s uncle, would marry her and that nobody would realize what she did. But in the end Hugo realized what Vera did and refused to marry