Consequences From Past Actions

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The guests were at dinner when Anthony Marston was boasting about how he was for crime, and then he took a sip of his whiskey, choked on it and died. He stated “The legal life’s narrowing! I’m all for crime! Here’s to it” (Christie 74). Mrs. Rogers fainted after Marston’s situation. Later that night, the guests cascaded to their rooms with their minds spinning from the day’s actions. They were unable to fall asleep and were left to drown in their guilty thoughts.
In the rooms, Mr. Wargrave thought of Edward Seton, the man he was accused of murdering. Mr. Rogers was the first one to notice the first china figure missing. General Macarthur was in his guest room hallucinating. He thought he saw Arthur Richmond, the man who he was accused of sending to his death. Vera lay in bed, with her candle still lit because she was afraid of the dark. She also thought about the day she let Cyril swim out to the rocks. Dr. Armstrong dreamt of him being in an operating room where he thought about the woman he caused the death of.
The same morning, they arrived for breakfast to find out about Mrs. Rogers’ passing. She died in her sleep. The guests started a rumor about how they thought Mr. Rogers gave his wife something to kill her in her sleep so that she wouldn’t confess to their accusations. The guys were waiting for the motorboat to arrive like the previous day but I never appeared. General Macarthur started to speak on how they would never leave the island and that it was going to be the end for all of them. “It’s not much good denying it now-not when we’re all going to die, I sent Richmond to his death” (Christie 130). The next person to die was General Macarthur. Then after him, there was Mr. Rogers. He was in the shed chopping wood at d...

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...d. The literary elements that were used to enhance the theme were conflict and foreshadowing. Agatha Christie continues to sell about four million books a year. One of Christie’s books hit a little too close to the truth during World War II, and because of that, the M15 launched an investigation.

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