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Armstrong survives up until almost over; the third to die is Macarthur
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* NobleProfession: This is probably why Dr. Armstrong dies third, just before multiple-murderer Lombard and child-killer Vera, even though the death of his patient was arguably an accident; the killer felt he should know better. [[spoiler: And arguably, Wargrave exploits ''his'' profession's respectability to lure Armstrong into a false sense of safety.]]
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* NobleProfession: This is probably why Dr. Armstrong dies third, third from last, just before multiple-murderer Lombard and child-killer Vera, even though the death of his patient was arguably an accident; the killer felt he should know better. [[spoiler: And arguably, Wargrave exploits ''his'' profession's respectability to lure Armstrong into a false sense of safety.]]
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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Dr. Armstrong slaps Vera when she goes a bit loopy asking about bees. It seems to sober her up. This scene scene looks like nothing more than a tool to build the general atmosphere of tension, but it actually [[spoiler: foreshadows the SanitySlippage of Vera at the end of the novel.]]
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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Dr. Armstrong slaps Vera when she goes a bit loopy asking about bees. It seems to sober her up. This scene scene looks like nothing more than a tool to build the general atmosphere of tension, but it actually [[spoiler: foreshadows the SanitySlippage of Vera at the end of the novel.]]
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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Dr. Armstrong slaps Vera when she goes a bit loopy asking about bees. It seems to sober her up.
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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Dr. Armstrong slaps Vera when she goes a bit loopy asking about bees. It seems to sober her up. This scene scene looks like nothing more than a tool to build the general atmosphere of tension, but it actually [[spoiler: foreshadows the SanitySlippage of Vera at the end of the novel.]]
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* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler:Wargrave was a borderline psychopath, but he still retained some morals. He preferred to use the law to get what he wanted, so he targeted only those who were truly guilty. He also pursued law as a profession to sate his killing desire by sentencing guilty people to death, when the verdict was necessary. It's only the knowledge that he has terminal cancer that finally drives him to carry out his plan and actually commit multiple murders by his own hand.]]
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* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler:Wargrave was a borderline psychopath, but he still retained some morals. He preferred to use the law to get what he wanted, so he targeted only those who were truly guilty. He also pursued law as a profession to sate his killing desire by sentencing guilty people to death, when the verdict was necessary. It's only the knowledge that he has terminal cancer that finally drives him to carry out his plan and actually commit multiple murders by his own hand.hand - and even then he takes pains to ensure he only kills those who had previously themselves caused someone else's death.]]
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Creator/AgathaChristie published the novel in 1939 and later adapted the story into a play (with an AdaptationalAlternateEnding) in 1943. The various [[TheFilmOfTheBook film versions]] mostly use the play's ending or a variation thereof, which makes sense once you know the book's ending. Screen adaptations include a [[Film/AndThenThereWereNone1945 1945 film]], a 1965 film (titled ''Ten Little Indians''), a 1974 film, a 1987 Russian film, a 1989 film (titled ''Ten Little Indians''), and a [[Series/AndThenThereWereNone2015 2015 BBC miniseries]]. The 1987 and 2015 versions are the only major adaptations that retain the original ending.
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Creator/AgathaChristie published the novel in 1939 and later adapted the story into a play (with an AdaptationalAlternateEnding) in 1943. The various [[TheFilmOfTheBook film versions]] mostly use the play's ending or a variation thereof, which makes sense once you know the book's ending. Screen adaptations include a [[Film/AndThenThereWereNone1945 1945 film]], a 1965 film (titled ''Ten Little Indians''), a 1974 film, a 1987 Russian film, a 1989 film (titled ''Ten Little Indians''), and a [[Series/AndThenThereWereNone2015 2015 BBC miniseries]].miniseries]] and a 2020 French miniseries. The 1987 and 2015 versions are the only major adaptations that retain the original ending.
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* AcquittedTooLate: This book is the TropeNamer. Judge Wargrave remarks that only the dead are above suspicion. However, it's more of an InvokedTrope here than a straight example; once the "death proves innocence" idea takes hold, the killer fakes his own death to throw suspicion off himself.
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* AcquittedTooLate: This book is the TropeNamer. Judge Wargrave remarks that only the dead are above suspicion. However, it's more of an InvokedTrope here than a straight example; [[spoiler: once the "death proves innocence" idea takes hold, the killer fakes his own death to throw suspicion off himself.]]
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* ClosedCircle: The group of ten are trapped on an island, and can't just leave it, even after U.N. Owen starts offing them because of a really bad storm.
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* ClosedCircle: The group of ten are trapped on an island, and can't just leave it, even after U.N. Owen starts offing them them, because of a really bad storm.
