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    explain how Wargrave exploits these weaknesses as he carries out his plot? 3. What do you make of Christie’s decision to violate the standard rules of mystery writing by making it nearly impossible for us to solve the mystery of And Then There Were None by ourselves? How does the unusual plot affect the experience of reading the novel? A:Christie made the problem more complicated by the communication between characters ‚ we don’t know whether they tell the truth or not . We’re prejudiced by first

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    Guilt can trap people in an emotional cage‚ causing fear‚ and hysteria to go into overdrive. In Agatha Christie’s novel “And Then There Were None‚” she describes characters where guilt has not only taken over their lives‚ but has destroyed it. An example if this is Vera Claythorne. When you deny and hide your guilt‚ it can change your perception of things you once loved‚ can make you become hysterical‚ and ultimately overwhelm you to the point of no return. The sea‚ something Vera used to be very

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    confession‚ symbolizes the brand that God placed upon Cain in the first murderer in the Bible. It symbolizes Wargrave’s links to Cain; both are evil men and murderers. This novel was really good because there was no foreshadowing. The symbols that were visible didn’t give away the ending. Which kept you guessing until the very end‚ causing one not to want to put the book down. Overall this was a very good

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    15 August‚ 2012 The book And Then There Was None is a book full of suspense‚ thrill‚ and mystery. Foreshadowing and irony are two main elements that make this book suspenseful. Christie also uses character development and the characters’ past to make the reader think that anyone could be the murderer. Self-guilt also played a huge role of why some events and thoughts occurred. There are also main turning points and twists that make this book mysterious and creepy. The biggest piece of evidence

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    And Then There Were None is considered a true masterpiece by Agatha Christie. It sold over 100 million copies since it was written in 1939. And Then There Were None has been made into a film 25 times‚ a video game‚ a play‚ and parodied dozens of times as well. The book is a mysterious story about how a murderous man who invited nine other criminals (ten people in total) to an island and killed them all one by one according to a poem. In 1945‚ And Then There Were None was turned into a movie by René

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    Christie’s And Then There Were None trumps all detective mystery novels by the use of compelling literary techniques and a unique writing

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    ” This question is explored in many of the murder mystery books written by the renowned author Agatha Christie whose books have been outsold by only Shakespeare and the Bible. Unlike her other works‚ the theme of Christie’s novel And Then There Were None fundamentally revolves around the very question mentioned above. Written in 1939‚ this brilliant novel follows the story of ten British citizens who each have a connection to a death that they may or may not have caused. These ten guilty citizens

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    him/her. Agatha Christie‚ the famous author of the great novel And Then There Were None‚ did not prove this rule‚ because Justice Wargrave did not know any of the victims personally and he did not care about the people‚ only the act of the perfect crime. The fact that Justice

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    away with wrongdoings everyday. In the novel‚ And Then There were None‚ it opens up with all of the main characters travelling by train or car to a ferry that will take them to a mysterious island named Soldier Island. Each guest has received an invitation from a Mr. and Mrs. U.N. Owen to come to the island. Reasons why they were invited differentiate between the characters. All characters soon later find out the real reason why they were invited onto the island. The real reason; to be murdered for

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    And Then There Were None‚ written by Agatha Christie is a thrilling tale of ten people invited to a remote island by an unseen figure who never appears throughout the story. All those who were invited have pasts that they are hiding and many things to fear. The guests are cast upon Indian Island‚ an island off the coast of England around the 1930s. Strangers to each other‚ slowly they reveal their shameful pasts. Coincidently‚ the name which they were invited by‚ Mr. U. N. Owen sounds similar to

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