What did Vera Claythorne do?
What did Vera Claythorne do?
Vera Claythorne is a former governess who is working as a “games mistress at a third-class school” when the novel begins. She takes a summer job on Indian Island, believing that she has been hired to serve as a secretary to a Mrs. Una Owen.
What crime did Vera Claythorne commit?
murder
Why did Vera Claythorne join Soldier Island?
She approves of very little, in fact. She is a very conservative, religious woman who holds most of the world in contempt. She has been invited to Indian Island for a holiday by someone who claims to have once shared a guesthouse with her.
Why did Vera kill herself and then there were none?
Wargrave knew that Vera would hang herself because: 1. he knew that, of the 9 guests, Vera is the one with the heaviest guilt, and 2. he knew that the mental burden she’s been carrying is already too much to handle, and that it would eventually lead her to take her own life.
Why did wargrave kill himself?
After many years as a judge, he developed the desire to play executioner. He wanted to kill in an extraordinary, theatrical way, while adhering to his own sense of justice. Wargrave learned he was terminally ill and decided to kill himself after doing away with his victims.
Who was UN Owen?
U. N. Owen is the alias used by the murderer on Soldier Island. Sometimes the name is written as Una Nancy Owen, and sometimes as Ulick Norman Owen. The name is a word play. U. N. Owen can be read as unknown.
Who did Dr Armstrong kill?
Louisa Mary Clees
Who did Blore kill?
James Landor
What was Blores fake name?
Mr. Davis
Why does Blore lie about his name?
Why does he lie about his identity? Blore is hired by the Owens to keep an eye on the guests to prevent any harm from being done to Mrs. Owens’s jewels. He lied to keep his job unknown.
Why was Emily Brent invited to the island?
She was invited to the island to face the crime of murder of her servant, Beatrice Taylor. Emily is killed by a poisoned hypodermic syringe to the neck that she believes is coming from Beatrice.
Who killed Emily Brent?
Death “A bumble bee stung one and then there were Five.” Owen murders her, he throws the syringe away out the window, along with a china soldier from the table—it would be later found by Blore.
What is Dr Armstrong’s specialty?
What seems to be Dr. Armstrong’s “specialty”? He cons rich women with fake diagnoses and treatments for imaginary illnesses. What warning does Blore receive from the old man on the train?