The apparent end of the novel is calculated to leave us in a state of utter confusion. Since we have no idea that Wargrave is still alive, it seems that the murderer must either be Vera or Lombard. Yet we are left with no idea how either one could possibly have killed Blore, whose death takes place while the two are together by the sea, or, for that matter, how either could have killed Armstrong, since both of them are asleep in the house when he goes outside.
Additionally, there is the matter of the Indian figurines, which continue to disappear like clockwork even when the house is apparently empty. When all of these facts are considered, the only possible conclusion is the correct one—namely, that someone else is still alive on the island.
Yet all the evidence that the novel has provided thus far suggests that this is impossible. In their final confrontation, both Vera and Lombard accept it as a given that they are alone on Indian Island, and each assumes that the other is the killer. In a way, their behavior is irrational, since they should know that neither one of them could possibly have killed Blore. This kind of perfect rationality, however, may be too much to ask of a pair of human beings who have endured such a strange and terrible sequence of events.
In the end, both Lombard and Vera accept the logic of the poem, and they assume that everyone who seems to have died really is dead. A careful examination of the evidence is beyond their capabilities.
SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Themes Motifs Symbols. Armstrong William Blore. Mini Essays Suggested Essay Topics. Page 1 Page 2. The alternate ending details the events of the book, And Then There Were None, wherein all the guests on the island are killed by Wargrave except for the last two, Vera and Lombard. Vera then shoots Lombard, thinking him the murderer since Wargrave has faked his own death , and then hangs herself.
Rogers never wakes up, General MacArthur is struck in the back of the head, Thomas Rogers is killed by an axe, Emily Brent dies from a lethal injection, Judge Wargrave kills himself, Blore is crushed by a clock, Armstrong drowns, Lombard is shot by Vera, and Vera hangs herself. In the novel as well as in the mentioned Russian adaptation, Vera uncompromisingly hung herself to save, in the eyes of a viewer, the rest of her dignity.
And so she kills him. Brent is convinced the Rogers are both guilty of their alleged crimes but dismisses all of the other accusations. When asked about her own supposed misdeed, she confesses to Vera what happened. The younger woman is left horrified by Brents callousness, and lack of remorse. Basically, Wargrave was obsessed with death as well as enforcing justice. When he learned about people who got away with murder, he decided to lure them to the island and kill them one by one.
He is terminally ill and kills himself for real by shooting himself. At the time Blore is killed, Phillip Lombard and Vera Claythorne are the only ones known to still be alive. This was the British music-hall version of the minstrel song.
What does Dr. Armstrong do to calm Vera down after Mr. Vera was going hysterical, so Dr. Armstrong slapped her. Lombard suspect as the killer? He suspects Justice Wargrave Judge because he is powerful. She suspects Mr. Lombard because he is the only one with medical knowledge. He believes he has been playing God Almighty and Executioner and he wants to take it one step further.
Macarthur, passing them, expresses his agreement in a dazed voice and wanders off, saying that none of them will ever leave the island. Meanwhile, a baffled and frightened Rogers shows Armstrong that only eight Indian figures remain on the table.
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