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Examples Of Suspense In Agatha Christie

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Imagine if your name defined the day you are going to die. The author of the Anthony Award for Best Writer of the Century in 2000, Agatha Christie! Christie will take you beyond your imagination and place you in London where all the crimes had happen. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, best known as an English crime novelist. Throughout the story the author uses suspense as a distraction to the reader from the real murderer. Examples of this can be found within the plot, conflict, characters, and the following theme; The use of suspense is used as distraction to established different perspectives upon the reader. Combining first and third-person narrative the author features the characters of Hercule Poirot, who is the being taunted, the narrator, Arthur Hastings, Franklin Clarke, Donald Fraser, Thora Grey, Megan Barnard, Mary Drower, and Alexander Bonaparte Cust. The …show more content…

Delivering clues in each page to the readers. Creating twists, turns, laughter, and fear. In the end Poirot realized that Alexander has been manipulated into being at the scenes of the crimes and that the real criminal was right before his eyes. The real criminal is the brother of Sir Carmichael Clarke, which is Franklin Clarke. Franklin Clarke wanted to receive all of his brothers wealth. Adding humors conversations between Poirot and Hastings, the author states, “‘Yes, they are useful-fingerprints...I put that in to please you, my friend.’ ‘But Poirot! Wasn't it true?’ Not in the least’” (Christie 251)! Manipulating Franklin Clarke's mind, Poirot said a white lie to Franklin, stating his fingerprint were on the typewriter. At the moment Franklin admitted his guilt. But really his fingerprints were never on the typewriter but Poirot knew it was him, and got him to admit that he was the one who committed the crimes, manipulating the criminal and the

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