Insanity In 'And Then There Were None' By Agatha Christie

In Gothic Literature some stories can share topics, but with different viewpoints. In And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie shows how insanity can make people do things that they usually wouldn’t do. A character named Justice Wargrave is a judge who has seen many crimes and wanted to commit a murder that was impossible to solve. As a result he killed nine people and himself but he succeeded with what he wanted to do. On the other hand “Azathoth” by H. P. Lovecraft shows how insanity can make you more creative and not murderous. The man in the story watches the stars fly by and starts calling them by name. He imagines that the stars fly in his room and make recognizable shapes. Even though these stories are different in many ways they both explain how insanity can change a person. In …show more content…
Insanity can also influence those around you. In And Then There Were None Christie shows how other characters react to Justice Wargrave going insane and murdering each one of them in some way. The other characters react in different ways. Some react by going insane themselves, for example Vera hangs herself because she was the last survivor. Others blame one another for the murders and lose there already uncertain relationships. A few amount of characters react by accepting it and not fighting their fate. Insanity can influence not only the person with it but the people around the person. On the other hand in “Azathoth” , H. P. Lovecraft shows how insanity can affect someone when they have no one around them. The man had nobody to help him with his problem and had no one to influence him as well. This caused the man to become distant and instead of seeking help, his closure is looking at the stars and thinking differently from everyone else in his gloomy society. The man state of mind doesn’t get worse but it doesn’t get better unlike, Justice Wargrave in And Then There Were None where it got