Vera Claythorne’s state of death is deserved for the psychotic crime she committed. Claythorne most likely has a death that is similar to her crime, in a way that the indirect killer has no physical interaction with the victim. Vera’s mental distress over her crime leads her to “A rope with a noose …. And a chair to stand upon that could be kicked away” (268). Constant guilt is a huge factor that leads to Vera’s suicide caused by the deceitful nature of tricking a young boy to his drowning death. As Wargrave plays with Vera’s mind, she is inflicting guilt, sadness, and pain on herself, which is Wargrave’s plan of justice. As a way to cope with her guilt, Vera tried to relax by looking at “blue water rippling in the evening sun,” but she had
