1.Discuss the narrative techniques that Christie uses to create and maintain suspense throughout the novel? A: I think there are two points that Christie uses to maintain suspense throughout the whole novel .First‚ Christie uses many kinds of foreboding to express or hint ‚and then made the situation more and more horrible. Especially ‚ the song ten little Indians and the ten Indian dolls ‚it was hinting that everyone on Indian island must die. Anthony Marston died first‚ then Mrs.rogers died second
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Murder on the Orient Express Hercule Poirot‚ private detective and retired Belgian police officer‚ boards the Taurus Express train to Stamboul (Istanbul). On the train there are two other passengers‚ Mary Debenham and Colonel Arbuthnot. The two act as if they are strangers‚ but Poirot observes behavior that suggests that they are not. Poirot is suspicious of the couple. The train arrives in Stamboul and Poirot checks in at the Tokatlian Hotel. As soon as Poirot arrives he receives a telegram summoning
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Charles Cullen Nurse Killer The case I have researched concerns Charles Cullen. I had never heard of him until I saw his name on the list of suggested cases. It was Charles Cullen’s nickname‚ the Nurse Killer‚ which caught my attention. I had already started forming questions about the case. Questions like‚ “Why was he called the Nurse Killer?” “Did he murder nurses at a hospital?” “When did all this happen?” I wanted to answer these questions and was able to do so with my research. An additional
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reports of killing that occur a street away or on the other side of the world. “Why?” you wonder‚ “What drives murderers to cross the line and kill?” 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
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In the short stories‚ The Hollow of Three Hills by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Moving Finger by Edith Wharton‚ there is an ever present sense of the supernatural. This is shown in various contrasting as well as similar ways in each story. Two such ways would be the use of the supernatural in a physical and impure way in Hawthorne’s story and in a psychological and spiritual way in Wharton’s. The use of the setting to portray the supernatural motif is also used. Firstly‚ both stories share similar
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And Then There Were None Mock Trial: Defendant/Witness Planning Sheet Day of Trial Defendant/Witness Charge (only for the defendants‚ not the witnesses) Attorney creating questions Attorney for days of trial Attorney examining first Tuesday‚ Nov. 19th Opening statement Introduce all Opening statement attorney Opening statement attorney Prosecution 1. Mrs. Combes 2. Anthony Marston third degree 3. Armitage ? 4. John Macarthur third degree 5
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Throughout this school year‚ my learning in English has expanded greatly. Reading “And Then There Were None” helped me learn how to find theme using textual evidence. This book had an overbearing theme of death‚ darkness‚ and fear. There were several key points in the story that showcased the theme well. The storm that occurred while the deaths started to become more frequent really made the theme stand out to me the most due to the desperation of the characters. Reading “Cask of Amontillado”
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James Patterson: One Step at a time to a Suspenseful Success James Patterson‚ best known for his thriller series of Alex Cross‚ Michael Bennett‚ and the Women’s Murder Club. These series are just a few to mention of the author’s colossal success in publications. Being duly noted that Patterson’s books account for one out of every seventeen hardcover novels purchased in the United States (Berkowitz). More so‚ Patterson’s success has been accredited to his instinctive ability to create suspense‚
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Murder‚ mystery‚ intrigue; these are the words of what you would normally find describing a game of clue‚ or a gripping‚ ghastly‚ ghostly tale found in old thriller movies where the climax is when you find out the butler killed him with a candlestick in the billiards room. The word “scandal” certainly couldn’t apply to our own home state when the closest we come to murder is in a board game or Hollywood setup; but this is where we visit the setting of Lake Superior in Duluth‚ Minnesota. Chester Condon
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Agatha Christie revolutionizes crime and mystery fiction in her novel And Then There Were None. She challenges traditional Holmesian‚ or detective fiction‚ writing by dispensing with a sleuth and uses the victims to explore the psychology of crime. Focusing on multiple victims that avoided limitations of punishment and forcing characters to question their own guilt is also unusual in crime literature. Further‚ Christie’s defiance of customary procedures for mystery writing ensures that it is unlikely
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