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And Then There Were None

• Written by Agatha Christie in 1939
• WWII began in Europe in September of 1939
• Dame Christie wrote 91 books
• And Then There Were None is one of her most
  critically acclaimed and popular novels.

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Mystery Terms

• Mystery stories have their very own special
  vocabulary. It is necessary to understand the
  vocabulary to fully appreciate a mystery so . . .

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Mystery

• Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or
  the unraveling of secrets.

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Whodunit

• A story dealing with a crime and its solution a
  detective story
• In a whodunit the reader tries to guess who
  committed the crime before the author tells them!

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Theme

• Themes are the fundamental and often universal
  ideas explored in a literary work.

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Theme cont.

• We will look at three themes.
• The Administration of Justice
• The Effects of Guilt on Ones Conscience
• The Danger of Reliance on Class Distinctions

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Symbol

• Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or
  colors used to represent abstract ideas or
  concepts.

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Symbol cont.

• We will look at three symbols in this book.
• These themes are recurring (they are discussed
  more than twice in the book) and two are used to
  show how things are getting worse on the island.
• One is used as a clue to the murderer.

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Motif

• Motifs are recurring structures, contrasts, or
  literary devices that can help to develop and
  inform the texts major themes.

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Motif cont.

• The Ten Little Indians Poem
• Dreams and Hallucinations

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Circumstantial Evidence

• evidence that proves other events that infer
  facts indications that are pointed to by
  inferred facts

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Modus Operandi

• method of operation the way that something is
  done
• The MO

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Proof

• evidence that compels acceptance of the mind by a
  truth or fact

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Fact

• something which actually exists

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Suspense

• the quality in literature that makes the reader
  uncertain or tense about what is to come.

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Accessory

• One who aides or contributes in a secondary way
  an accomplice

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Lead

• A clue that guides one to an answer

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Perpetrator

• one who is guilty

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Suspect (verb)

• to have doubts about

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Detective

• one who finds information which is not readily
  accessible

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Alibi

• a plausible excuse intended to remove blame

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Confession

• disclosure of ones sins admitting guilt

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Clues

• things that lead one to the solution of a problem

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Foreshadowing

• hints or clues that suggest actions that is to
  come

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Witness

• one who has personal knowledge or experience of
  something

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Motive

• a desire that causes one to act the reason one
  acts

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Red Herring

• any diversion intended to distract attention from
  the main issue

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Womens Fashions, 1939
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1939 Sports Car
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English Judge In Traditional Robe and Wig
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