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Mrs Ferrars died on the night of the 16th-17th September - a Thursday

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Chapter 1
analysis : this death catapults the novel into action, not the one hinted to by the title - emphasises that deception leads this novel

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I am not going to pretend that at at that moment I foresaw the events of the next few weeks. I emphatically did not do so

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Chapter 1
Sheppard
analysis : indicates although Sheppard is unreliable, he’s also truthful

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there is no reason for Caroline to go out to get her information. she sits at home and it comes to her

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Chapter 1
Caroline
analysis : indicates a slight resentment to his sister, whilst also highlighting her abilities of gossip

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hobbies and recreations can be summed up in the one word ‘gossip’

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Chapter 2
King’s Abbot
analysis : highlights the spread of word and misinterpretation within this intimate village

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5
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there are only two houses of any importance

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Chapter 2
King’s Abbot
analysis : highlights intimacy

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he is, in fact, the life and soul of our peaceful village of king’s abbot

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Chapter 2
Roger Ackroyd
analysis : firstly, very ironic! because of course - he dies and also becuase the village is not peaceful

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7
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of course, I must know all about it - doctors always did - but they never tell

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Chapter 2
Sheppard
analysis : hints his power

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8
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a tall woman, handsome but forebidding in appearance. She has a stern eye and lips that shut tightly

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Chapter 2
Miss Russell
analysis : suspision is raised but also indicates her as a villain

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9
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[her] account of vague pains was so unconvincing … eyes sweeping over my array of bottles

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Chapter 2
Miss Russell
analysis : suspision is raised but also indicates her as a villain

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10
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An egg-shaped head partially covered with suspiciously black hair, two immense moustaches and a pair of watchful eyes. It was our mysterious neighbour, Mr Porrot.

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Chapter 3
Poirot
analysis : immediate description depicts an idiotic illustration of Poirot with also suspicious undertones

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11
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I was foolish - and worse than foolish - greedy

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Chapter 3
Sheppard
analysis : reveals his villainousness, he has the capability for bad deeds

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12
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I’m in the devil of a mess

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Chapter 3
Ralph
analysis : raises suspicion of Ralph

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13
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Quite a lot of people do not like Flora Ackroyd, but nobody can help admiring her … The things young women read nowadays and profess to enjoy positively frighten me

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Chapter 4
Flora Ackroyd
analysis : raises suspicion of Flora,

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14
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A simple straightforward English girl

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Chapter 4
Flora Ackroyd
analysis : assigns Flora a role of normality and predictability

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I detest Mrs Ackroyd … A most unpleasant woman

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Chapter 4
Mrs Ackroyd
analysis : indicates suspicion of her

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16
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Blunt relapsed into his usual taciturnity

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Chapter 4
Blunt
analysis : indicates suspicion of him

17
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I hesitated … wondering if there was anything I had left undone

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Chapter 4
Sheppard
analysis : seemingly an insignificant piece of information, but truely incriminates Sheppard

18
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What a fat, smug, oily face the man had and surely there was something decidedly shifty in his eye

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Chapter 4
Parker
analysis : his views of proper Parker shift immediately when he feels threatened

19
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Ackroyd was sitting as I had left him

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Chapter 5
Sheppard
analysis : incriminates Sheppard

20
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He appeared impetuously in the doorway

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Chapter 5
Raymond
analysis : raises suspision of Raymond, as if he is criminal

21
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Beyond making certain that life was extinct - an easy matter - I have not disturbed the body in any way

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Chapter 5
Sheppard
analysis : explicitly states he’s the murderer!

22
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I shall go through with it to the end … All the truth

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Chapter 7
Poirot
analysis : foreshadows that revealtions that are bound to occur

23
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I plunged into a careful narrative … to choose my words carefully

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Chapter 7
Sheppard
analysis : incriminates him

24
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Everyone has something to hide

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Chapter 9
Sheppard
analysis : indicates them all as criminals

25
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Uncle Roger has left me twenty thousand pounds … it’s everything freedom - life - no more schemeing and lying

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Chapter 9
Flora
analysis : incriminates flora

26
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Captain Paton will be an exceedingly wealthy young man

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Chapter 10
Ralph
analysis : provides Ralph with motive

27
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she looked uncomfortable and ill at ease

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Chapter 11
Ursula
analysis : incriminates ursula

28
Q

every pair of eyes dropped before his

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Chapter 12
everyone
analysis : incriminates them all, they are all criminals and capable

29
Q

I played Watson to his Sherlock

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Chapter 14
Sheppard
analysis : reveals it is all an illusion ?

30
Q

you searched the desks

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Chapter 14
Mrs Ackroyd
analysis : reveals her secret, that she was searching for his will

31
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i’ve got a confession to make - … i was in debt - badly

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Raymond
analysis : reveals his secret, that roger was helping him financially

32
Q

many people in that house stood to benefit by Ackroyd’s death

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Chapter 15
Poirot
analysis : reiterates that everyone’s a criminal

33
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I took that money. I stole. I am a thief - yes a common, vulgar little thief

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Chapter 19
Flora
analysis : reveals Flora’s crime, highlights her desperation

34
Q

you love her with all your heart

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Chapter 19
poirot to Blunt
analysis : reveals Blunt’s secret

35
Q

he is your son

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Chapter 20
Miss Russell + Charles Kent
analysis : reveals Miss Russell’s secret

36
Q

it is not Ursula Bourne … but Ursual Paton

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Chapter 21
Ursula
analysis : reveals Ursula’s secret

37
Q

you have kept your personality in the background only once or twice does it obtrude

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Chapter 24
Sheppard
analysis : reveals sheppard

38
Q

I feel no pity

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Chapter 26
Sheppard
analysis : reveals himself as unreliable narrator , but also doesn’t feel pity or regret or guilt

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