Vera Claythorne In And Then There Were None By Agatha Christie

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Vera Claythorne seems to be a reoccurring main character in And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, but it is hard to say that readers are sure of what went on in her head. Vera is a dynamic character that managed to put herself in many difficult situations. Was is guilt or the loss of her true love, Hugo, that made her snap? Vera loved Hugo, but Hugo never said that he love her. Hugo told her that he couldn’t marry her because he didn’t have any money. In Vera’s mind, killing Cyril was the best way to allow them to get married. She didn’t seem to think much about other solutions. If Vera killed Cyril purely for Hugo, she probably wouldn’t have felt as guilty. For example, Vera thought “Horrid whiny spoilt

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