Chris Christie

In gothic literature, mysteries, suspicion, and murderess acts are what make the story. In And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie, the mystery to discover who U.N. Owen is, is a widespread suspicion. The characters in And Then There Were None all investigated, even before they knew the seriousness of the situation, they interrogate people, search for clues, and assign blame. However, in the short story “The Descendant”, by H.P. Lovecraft, the mystery was pushed aside by most people,…

In the book And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, Mrs.Rogers and her husband are both guilty of Jennifer Brady’s death. On May 6th 1929 the night of Jennifer Brady’s death, Mr and Mrs.Rogers were at Miss.Brady’s house. That night there was a storm, and Jennifer Brady was ill. Rogers tried to call the doctor, but the telephone was out of order. So Mr.Rogers went out by foot to go get the doctor. But by the time Mr.Rogers got the doctor to Miss.Brady it was too late. She had passed away.…

Death is one of the main elements in gothic literature, and can be seen in And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie and “Death of a Traveling Salesman” by Eudora Welty. In Christie’s And Then There Were None (1939), ten characters were invited to Soldier Island, which is a gothic setting because it was a remote island. Throughout the story, characters start to turn up as missing and are pronounced dead. The whole story is a series of murders that are trying to be solved. In contrast, in…

Agatha Christie. Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born on September 15, 1890. She was born in Torquay, located in Devonshire England (“Agatha”). She had an American father, and a British mother (“Agatha,” Encyclopedia). Born into a wealthy class family, Agatha was introduced to literary authors such as Rudyard Kipling and Henry James during her families dinner parties (“Agatha”). Agatha was formally homeschooled until the age of sixteen, where she attended a school in Paris (“Agatha”).…

Agatha Christie's masterpiece And Then There were None, previously called Ten Little Indians sold over one hundred million copies worldwide. It was published in 1939 and since the fans have turned it into many movies and video-games as well as parodies. The book is a murder mystery about ten people who were accused of crime(s) and tricked into coming to an Island; on that island they are killed off one by one. In 1945, the book was made into a movie also called And Then There Were None by…

She said, more composedly: "I don't think this place would be very agreeable in a storm." (Christie 38).From the beginning of the quote Vera states that she hates the island with any second thought. To expand, this conflict is shown in the novel when U. N. Owns puts seaweed by on the island so it would remind her of a old friend named Cyril drowning…

And Then There Were one’ a thrilling and brilliant novel written by the notorious Agatha Christie, interestingly presents irony in a chilling and twisted style. Agatha beautifully incorporates irony in the death of Anthony, Dr. Armstrong, Wargrave. Those three men are part of the 10 unsuspecting victims, invited to the disturbing and the sinister Indian Island by their cryptic host. All the guests are drawn together by a crime they so desperately try to forget. During the first evening, a…

“Christie sold more than two billion books, translated into 103 languages. Only the Bible and Shakespeare’s work are said to have sold more” (de Bruxelles). Agatha Christie published 78 mystery novels, 19 plays, six romance novels (under the pseudo name Mary Westmacott), two books of poetry, one children’s book, and two autobiographies, in addition to over 100 short stories. She averaged two books per year for most of her life (Agatha’s Life Hercule Poirot Poirot.us). Her mystery novels are…

Nancy Drew, commonly known as the original “Girl Sleuth”, is the lead detective of the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. A young girl of 16 or 18 years of age (her age varies between stories), she was created by publisher Edward Stratemeyer, famously known for his The Hardy Boys detective series, and written by a variety of ghostwriters under the penname Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew 2015). Nancy Drew is a female, amateur detective who stumbles upon mysteries in the fictional town of River Heights where…

The drama “A Raisin in the Sun” illustrates a variety of different characters all in which consume immense personalities. Out of all the characters, Mrs. Younger stood out the most. Her family called her “mama.” She was once married to Mr. Younger who had passed away at the beginning of the play. The couple had two children, a son and a daughter. Their son’s name was Walter Lee who married Ruth. Beneatha was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Younger and she was not married but had a boyfriend. Mrs.…