Similarities Between And Then There Were None And MS Found In A Bottle

Gothic is a type of literature that creates a scary type of feeling and it involves murders and mysteries. Both And Then There Were None and the short story “MS Found In a Bottle” were gothic texts. They both have lots of similarities and differences about the setting, writing styles, and curiosity. Suspicion was a key similarity between the two stories. However, in And Then There Were None suspicion is used to fuel the plot. In “MS Found In a Bottle, suspicion is used to contribute to the meaning of the story. Suspicion in “And Then There Were None” was major. When people were being murdered, everyone had a lot of suspicion towards the group of guests. Similarly, in “MS Found In a Bottle”, when everyone was thrown overboard, the two men who survived were picked up by another ship. They were suspicious of where they were headed to. The writing styles between the two are mostly different. Christie uses suspicion throughout the whole story, whereas Poe uses it in some parts to keep us guessing. The tones in both stories were both suspicious and abnormal. The setting in And Then There Were None and “MS Found In a Bottle” are different, but neither are in a city or country. In addition, they are both mysterious settings. …show more content…
All of the guests in And Then There Were None were very curious of who “U.N. Owen” was and to how all of the guests that were being murdered were being murdered and who was killing them. They were also curious of why they... out of all the people, were invited to the island. Same as, in “MS Found In a Bottle”. When the man was on the first ship, he heard noises and was curious of what is was. Also, when that happened, he told the captain. He thought nothing of it. Similarly, in And Then There Were None, when the first few people were murdered they thought it was just a coincidence and also thought nothing of it… until more started to be