Death on the Nile Flashcards
Linnet Doyle
gets murdered rich marries Simon Doyle. very cunningly smart
Jacqueline De Bellefort
“ex” of simon doyle follows them everywhere. one of the primary antagonists of the novel, originally a friend to Linnet and the fiancé lover of Simon. when Linnet offers Simon a job (at jaquenes request) Linnet steals him
Simon Doyle
He is physically capable, but not actually smart
Colonel Race
is an acquaintance of Hercule Poirot going back to before the events of Death on the Nile. In Death on the Nile, he comes aboard the Karnak Nile steamer because he has received word that there’s a political agitator on board who is responsible for the murders of several people.
Andrew Pennington
is one of the two remaining American trustees for Linnet Ridgeway (the other being his partner Sterndale Rockford, another tall, graying, clean-shaven man who resembles Pennington). tries to get linnet to sign papers that must have been currpot, fails
Mrs. Salome Otterbourne
a ridiculous, out-of-touch old British lady. writes romantic novels
she’s an alcoholic
killed by shotgun before revealing jaquenne as the briber
Rosalie Otterbourne
frequently sulky girl who can also be bright and kind-hearted.
Gets w Tim Allerton
hides her moms alcohol problem
Mrs. Allerton
she doesn’t approve of Tim Allerton’s correspondence with his cousin Joanna Southwood. She is very interested in the detective work of Hercule Poirot
Tim Allerton
he stole Linnet’s pearls as part of a jewelry heist scheme with his cousin Joanna, but return the pearls instead
ends up w rosalie otterbourne
Miss Van Schuyler
spoiled old rich lady who disdains most of the other passengers and who is particularly controlling of Cornelia, whom she treats almost as a servant.
she is partly deaf and that she may have lied to Poirot about what she heard in order to hide her disability out of pride
stole the FAKE pearls and her scarf was wrapped around the pistol thrown overboard
Cornelia Robson
cousin of Miss Van Schuyler
engaged to Dr. Bessner
go out to grab fanthrop after the shooting
Mr. Ferguson
He argues intensely with Cornelia, and even tries several times to propose to her, but she resists all his advances.
a member of the aristocracy who claims to hate the rich but in fact can’t escape his own sense of privilege or superiority and so makes himself ridiculous.
communist vocal about his dislike of capitalist “parasites”
Signor Richetti
He gets extremely angry at Linnet when she opens a telegram addressed to him by mistake (since she accidentally read his name as “Ridgeway”)
is the political agitator
Louise Bourget
As the maid to Linnet and Simon Doyle, Louise initially appears to be a minor character, until suddenly she takes center stage when she becomes the second murder victim. As is revealed in time after her death, Louise is another character in the novel who is undone by greed—she dies in the act of trying to commit blackmail.
dies by surgical knife
James Fanthorp
At one point, he compliments Linnet on her business sense, which causes Linnet to read the documents more carefully (frustrating Pennington).
He has just left the dining saloon when Jacqueline suddenly shoots a gun at Simon.
he admits that he came on the trip specifically to interfere because his uncle suspected Pennington was a crook.
