And Then There Were None By Charles W. Chesnutt

When you read gothic literature, there is often similar traits located in the novel or story, that make it easy to compare the works. In the novel And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, eight guests set off to a mysterious island in search of the unknown person that invited them there. Everyone on the island eventually dies a mysterious death caused by a murderer who felt that he needed to take things into his own hands. However, in the short story “The Gray Wolf’s Haint” by Charles W. Chesnutt, a man was in love with woman. The woman’s “lover” got possessive and kills the other man. When the murderer gets scared of getting caught, he goes to a woman with witch-like powers to keep him alive. She creates a spell and tells him to bury it in a place that someone will not find it. The dead man’s father wanted revenge and is determined to …show more content…
Chesnutt, they similarly share a supernatural element in their works. In Agatha Christie's novel, one of the characters named Vera mentions that she feels as if they are being ‘taken out’ or killed by a supernatural creature. In “The Gray Wolf’s Haint” the witch like woman uses supernatural spells to keep the murderer alive. The stories correspond by showing that supernatural elements create suspense and wonder from the characters.

In Agatha Christie’s novel And Then There Were None, all of the guests on the island are killed because the murder feels as though they deserve to be punished. The deaths are unreasoned. He goes off the fact that they may or may not have done this, and uses it for reason to murder. In “The Gray Wolf’s Haint,” the main character Dan kills another man. Dan murders the other because the other man was eyeing his lover. The other man was innocent, holding a slight crush on the woman, and suffered death because of it. All of the deaths occur because the murderers show lack of