Essays Tagged: "Agatha Christie"

Witness for the prosecution.

one but two stories: the story of the crime and the story of the investigation. An examination of "Agatha Christie's "The Witness for the Prosecution" present a story of crime and investigation as a ... of crime and investigation as a means to keep the reader in absolute suspense from beginning to end.Agatha Christie's, "The Witness for the Prosecution,"begins by revealing to the implied reader that ...

(3 pages) 40 0 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A Bookreport on Agatha Chrisie's "And Then There Were None"

For my book report, I read the book And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. The book is about a group of people who all get letters from an U. N. Owen, instruc ...

(4 pages) 82 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Parody is the greatest compliment to the original- discuss in relation to the mouse trap by agatha christie and the real inspector hound by tom stoppard

y lend themselves to ridicule. There can be no doubt that "The Real Inspector Hound" is a parody of Agatha Christies play "The Mouse Trap". The characters, setting and to some extent the plot of the e ... is able to encapsulate the main fundamentals associated with crime fiction by humorously mimicking Agatha Christie's arguably most successful work.The crime fiction genre is usually set out with a pr ...

(7 pages) 53 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

'And Then There Were None' by Agatha Christie as a representative of the detective genre

The novel 'And Then There Were None' by Agatha Christie is a good representative of the detective genre. The following criteria, that this n ... d their motives for committing the crimes are revealed. In the novel 'And Then There Were None' by Agatha Christie, there is a crime or mystery to be solved. In this case, the crime is murder and try ... e reader thinking until the very last part. In conclusion, the novel 'And Then There Were None' by Agatha Christie is a good representative of the detective genre because it fulfils the criteria of a ...

(3 pages) 72 2 3.3 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

And then there were none by Agatha kristi

Agatha Christie's, And Then There Were None is a chilling mystery about a group of people who were i ...

(3 pages) 33 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Third Girl by Agatha Christie

Third GirlTitle: Third GirlAuthor: Agatha ChristiePublisher: HarperCollinsNumber of pages: 365The story circles around a third girl by ... storm, and slowly develops and grows into a fully fledged mystery story with a vengeance. However, Agatha Christie's flair for writing is inconspicuous in this book as compared to many of her other b ... e book, unable to stop reading until the last page of the book falls open and is made known to them.Agatha Christie is a well known writer who has many works that have gone from print to screen, for e ...

(2 pages) 20 0 5.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Murder on the Orient Express Essay

n, for a murderer walks among them. This is the setting in the book Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. In the middle of all this chaos is a man by the name of Colonel Arbuthnot who tries ...

(3 pages) 35 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Three Important Pieces Of Agatha Christie's Life By Ryan Melo English 12

Three important pieces of Agatha Christie's life considered necessary in her writing include the losses she has suffered. In h ... ecessary in her writing include the losses she has suffered. In her mid child-hood her father died. Agatha was around age 11. Agatha never went to school. Her mother thought that school ruined the bra ... e 11. Agatha never went to school. Her mother thought that school ruined the brain and the eyes. So Agatha grew up and became self-educated. Loss in a family sometimes brings out the best in you. In A ...

(1 pages) 1315 0 0.0 May/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

What you want to do in 15 years?

part. If you are an adult you must make a living and to do so as a writer you must be no less than Agatha Christie or Louis L'Amour. It is no wonder that all authors have other jobs. The moral of the ...

(4 pages) 52 0 4.3 Jan/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

Describe how the first third of the novel "Death on the Nile" by Agatha Christie relates to me

Journal Entry #1 I find the characters in the novel "Death on the Nile" by Agatha Christie, to be very diverse. The diversity of each character makes this story so interesting ... characters in this story share similarities with the people in my life, ie: family, friends, etc... Agatha portrayed these characters to be quite eccentric and over the top; interestingly enough, they ...

(1 pages) 1548 0 0.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"And Then There Were None", Film analysis of a modern film based on Agathie Chrisitie's Novel

148; is an extremely successful novel written by crime story queen, and most popular modern author: Agatha Christie. An adaptation of the famous novel is “Ten Little Indians”, a moderately s ... novel “And Then There Were None”.The first point in the film where the plot drifted form Agatha Christie‘s novel was the very beginning where the setting takes place in the middle of a ...

(6 pages) 17 0 5.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Jonslive

The main theme in this novel, was one, which confused me very much. Most of Agatha Christie's novels are mysteries so they are filled with many details. For example, freshman y ... they are filled with many details. For example, freshman year I read "And then there were None," by Agatha Christie and it was a complicated mystery to follow and one that took me a while to understan ... en an easy reader. Instead it was dragged out by details that were not necessary to the main event. Agatha Christie is a good author, except for the fact that most of her books are alike in many ways. ...

(3 pages) 1036 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Abc Murders

The ABC Murders By Agatha Christie 236 pages Not On Reading List 1. Type of fiction or non-fiction- This book is a myst ...

(2 pages) 7 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

And Then There Were None

And Then There Where None: A Suspenseful Mystery And Then There Were None is a mystery written by Agatha Christie. This story takes place on Indian Island off the coast of Devon, England. Ten people ... n that one of the 10 guest is U.N.Owen. Now no one can be trusted and everybodys' life is in danger.Agatha Christie used rising and complicating action to create a well written twisted mystery plot. W ...

(2 pages) 4 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Pale Horse

The Pale Horse The title of my mystery book is The Pale Horse. The author is Agatha Christie. There was no illustrator, but Linda Thomas did the cover art. The copyright date of ...

(2 pages) 1122 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Book review on "Death on the Nile" by Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie is the author of Death on the Nile, which was published in 1936. This was her 31st n ... eps you guessing to the very end.While on holiday in Egypt, Poirot investigates a traumatic murder. Agatha Christie puzzles readers with questioning themselves to where the velvet stole is? Who took t ...

(2 pages) 14 1 3.0 Jul/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Cat Among The Pigeons

Cat Among the Pigeons Agatha Christie Knowledge There are many characters in this story that are very important to ... o murder.To compare the book with another I have read I am going to compare it with another book by Agatha Christie. The book is And Then There Were None. In this book there are many characters just l ...

(6 pages) 2516 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Title: And then there were none Author: Agatha Christie Setting:

Title: And then there were none Author: Agatha Christie Setting: Indian Island Accusations: Edward George Armstrong, on March 14 1925 killed ...

(3 pages) 1391 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

The role of women in detective fiction in the works of Agatha Christie's - A Body in the Library vs Dorothy Sayers - Strong Poison.

ng rights. Women in literature were destined to be granted major roles in detective fiction novels. Agatha Christie finally broke the predominance of the male detective. The changing social environmen ... ese questions eventually entered the realm of literature, especially detective fiction. Analysis of Agatha Christie's amateur detective Miss Jane Marple and the role of women in Dorothy Sayers's Stron ...

(9 pages) 17 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Are There Any "Winners" in War?

are no true winners in war.Some people may feel that they came out of the war victoriously, but as Agatha Christie said, “To win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.” For example, in the ...

(3 pages) 25 1 4.0 Jul/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security