Vera Elizabeth Claythorne's And Then There Were None

Vera Elizabeth Claythorne represents the true meaning of guilt, and misfortune, throughout the story “And Then There Were None.” She formerly labored as a physical education teacher at an elementary school near Paddington. Invited by a rather mysterious figure, Una Nancy Owen, or U.N Owen, Vera is promised a spectacular job as a replacement secretary for her hirer, and also expects a brief vacation at the mansion on Soldier Island. However, continuously plagued by the horrific flashbacks of the murder of a young boy, Cyril Hamilton, which she committed, she is unsettled upon the sight of water, and the island’s surroundings are terrifying to her. Upon arriving at the island, she meets ten fellow guests, all who seemed slightly suspicious to her. Their names were Philip Lombard, William …show more content…
On the morning after his death, Mrs. Rodgers was pronounced dead, not awaking from her sleep. On that same afternoon, was the death of the general, so tragic, so unexpected. Mr. Rodgers was then found dead the next morning, near a tree he was chopping with a sharp cut in the back of his head. Now revealing that a lunatic on this very island, was killing them one by one, Vera is determined to discover the secrets of Soldier island. As the guests take a break from a rough breakfast, they discover Emily Brent’s mysterious death in the chair they left her in. That elderly woman was despicable, and unpleasant, and in every way, strange to Vera, who at a time suspected she was the killer. As the time elapsed, the five remaining guests, including Vera, were left in an urgent state to determine the killer, and survive the purge, which plagued upon them. On that very night, Dr. Armstrong announced that Justice Wargrave has been murdered of a gunshot