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    A theme in “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie was deception. The character Justice Wargrave best exemplifies this theme. He lied and deceived many times in the book, more than anyone else. He was the one who hoaxed the other characters, Emily Brent, Vera Claythorne, Dr. Armstrong, Anthony Marston, Philip Lombard, General Macarthur, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, and Mr. Blore, into going to Soldier Island and then killed them. He did this by distributing letters to them, as well as himself.…

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    suitable to do to other or yourself. The reason is that you can easily lose someone’s trust. Hurt people’s feelings without showing concern with what you say. Lying is also bad because lies can backfire. In the novel And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, lies are told by all characters. People should not lie because it is dishonest, hurtful, and can backfire. The first reason of why lying is wrong is because it is dishonest. For example, in the novel the character Blore lied about his…

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    Vera Claythorne was an ex-governess and one of the main characters in And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. She survived the longest on the awful island but she could have used the help of some phone apps. Some of these apps are the Quizlet app, Weather Channel, and Text Messages. All these apps would be useful for many reasons. The first app, Quizlet, would be used because she was once a governess of a boy named Cyril. She could have used this app to help teach Cyril. This is important…

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    defined in many different ways. Either it is a buildup of tension, a moment with high anxiety for what will happen next, or some other way you may define it yourself. Agatha Christie knew the definition of suspense very well, and used it all the time in her many, many mystery novels, including And Then There Were None. One way Christie was able to incorporate suspense in And Then There Were None was with a process of elimination of the characters. Since the first two deaths, of Anthony Marston…

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    I was sitting In a dark room, like a cell. I could hear faint voices arguing outside. It had been seven days since I had heard from the task force, I am the head of a task force. I was the best detective in the world. But I should not brag, I should listen, find a way out. I had to thin. If I waited for the guard to come, no if I did that I don 't think I could get out of these chains. I had to wait to get moved, if I ever did get moved. There is a five percent chance of me getting moved, but I…

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    KEY News is a series of thrillers written by one of the best media thriller writers, Mary Jane Clark. The novels feature several characters that work in the KEY News news agency in New York City. The first novel in the series was the 1998 published Do You Want to Know a Secret? The series of novels are best classified as suspense thrillers. KEY News is one of the premier news stations in New York City that is inspired by Jane Clark’s time working with CBS before she became an author. The…

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    When constructing the car, the goal was to make the car as sturdy as possible in order for the car to travel a great distance in a short amount of time. To do this, we researched various ways to create a mousetrap car. Additionally, we incorporated our own ideas to enhance the construction after trial and error. First, our team gathered all of the necessary materials that we would need to construct the car. These materials included one mousetrap, cardboard pieces, six balloons, four eye hooks,…

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    Killed Rebecca Keating

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    The twist and turns of the murder drama have viewers on the edge of their seats. Emmy award winner Viola Davis plays Annalisa Keating, a law professor, who has five students help with solving criminal cases. The season premiere started where the previous season left off with the death of Rebecca being a mystery The story focused on who killed Rebecca. Rebecca found dead inside Professor Keating home in the basement. Wes, one of Keating students was the prime suspect at the moment because of…

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    Gothic literature has mysterious cases of murder which can be seen in the story ¨And Then There Were None¨ and the story ¨The Damned Thing¨ In Agatha Christie's story And Then There Were None she has ten characters on a remote island and she has on person killing each person on the island but nobody knows who it is, but in Ambrose Pierce´s story ¨The Damned Thing¨ there is a man who is wanting to find what is on his property but when he and a friend hunt it down there is nothing there and then…

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    In gothic literature there is often death, supernatural beings, and mystery. In And Then There Were None death occurs often. Many people die and there is mystery due to the fact that nobody is able to find out who the killer is. Compared to “The Friends of the Friends” death occurs and there is mystery added when two people cannot ever seem to meet up. Both stories include death and some mystery. However, in And Then There Were None everyone gets killed and the mystery is trying to solve who the…

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