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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Simon Doyle isn't a very redeemable person once everything is found out. Poirot outright says that Jaqueline is the only reason he won't be hanged..]]
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* SlowPacedBeginning: Quite unusually for Christie's work, this one really takes its sweet time setting up the various suspects, with the murder only occurring halfway through.
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** The stage adaptation provides one in Canon Pennyfather, the Poirot substitute. He is shown to be intelligent and compassionate, which makes it all the more tragic that by the time of his appearance in ''Literature/AtBertramsHotel'' he is shown to be suffering from severe memory loss.
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** Jackie claims [[spoiler:truthfully]] about her shooting skills. In the 2020 film, Creator/RoseLeslie has been cast in her role. [[Series/GameOfThrones Jackie can shoot all right]]!
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* EthnicScrappy: Mr Choudhury, the Karnak manager, is a downplayed example in the 1978 film. He is portrayed in a very stereotypical manner, and a couple of comments are dropped by other characters at his expense.
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* AngstWhatAngst: [[spoiler: Rosalie takes her mother's death surprisingly well, which presumably is to keep her as a RedHerring. Even by the end, she seems to be unaffected and happily engaged to someone]].
* EthnicScrappy: Mr Choudhury, the Karnak manager, is a downplayed example in the 1978 film. He is portrayed in a very stereotypical manner, and a couple of comments are dropped by other characters at hisexpense.expense.
* EvilIsSexy: [[spoiler: Jackie in the 1978 film is played by Mia Farrow at the height of her It Girl beauty, and wears some very flattering evening gowns]].
* HarsherInHindsight:
** In the 1978 film, Mia Farrow being cast as Jackie - the ClingyJealousGirl who does not take being dumped very well. Oddly prophetic of her very public falling out with Creator/WoodyAllen - and accusations of abuse from her children.
** [[spoiler: Rosalie having to deal with her mother's sudden death]] feels sadder if one reads Olivia Hussey's autobiography, where she reveals her own mother became ill during filming and she was unable to visit her.
* EthnicScrappy: Mr Choudhury, the Karnak manager, is a downplayed example in the 1978 film. He is portrayed in a very stereotypical manner, and a couple of comments are dropped by other characters at his
* EvilIsSexy: [[spoiler: Jackie in the 1978 film is played by Mia Farrow at the height of her It Girl beauty, and wears some very flattering evening gowns]].
* HarsherInHindsight:
** In the 1978 film, Mia Farrow being cast as Jackie - the ClingyJealousGirl who does not take being dumped very well. Oddly prophetic of her very public falling out with Creator/WoodyAllen - and accusations of abuse from her children.
** [[spoiler: Rosalie having to deal with her mother's sudden death]] feels sadder if one reads Olivia Hussey's autobiography, where she reveals her own mother became ill during filming and she was unable to visit her.
** Maggie Smith would get to be on the other side of an Agatha Christie style set-up in ''Film/GosfordPark''. This time, she's the aristocrat - and very much as acid-tongued as Bette Davis in this.
** Rosalie and Jim being paired together in the 1978 film if you know that their actors had starred in notable Shakespeare films within a couple of years as each other - Creator/OliviaHussey in ''Film/RomeoAndJuliet1968'' and Jon Finch in ''{{Theatre/Macbeth}}'' (the Roman Polanski version). And to boot, both feature [[spoiler: a murder planned between two lovers, and a double suicide at the end]].
** Rosalie and Jim being paired together in the 1978 film if you know that their actors had starred in notable Shakespeare films within a couple of years as each other - Creator/OliviaHussey in ''Film/RomeoAndJuliet1968'' and Jon Finch in ''{{Theatre/Macbeth}}'' (the Roman Polanski version). And to boot, both feature [[spoiler: a murder planned between two lovers, and a double suicide at the end]].
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* UnintentionallySympathetic: With TheReveal that [[spoiler:Simon never loved Linnet and married her only to get her money, kill her and marry Jackie afterward, Linnet becomes this. She's blamed for stealing away Simon, but no one mentions that ''he'' made the choice to switch partners. If he were truly honorable, he would have refused her]].
** [[spoiler: Also another man who she trusted, her family lawyer and HonoraryUncle was plotting to murder her to cover up his many shortfalls. The poor woman was more valuable dead than alive to anyone she trusted.]]
** [[spoiler: Also another man who she trusted, her family lawyer and HonoraryUncle was plotting to murder her to cover up his many shortfalls. The poor woman was more valuable dead than alive to anyone she trusted.]]
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Some watch the 1978 film just to see Creator/BetteDavis and Creator/MaggieSmith engage in SnarkToSnarkCombat.
* NarmCharm:
** The first attempted murder of Linnet in the temple is so dramatic it borders on hilarious, but it just heightens the EveryoneIsASuspect mood.
** Jane Birkin's attempt at a French accent can be a bit comic, but not enough to ruin the film.
* NauseaFuel: [[spoiler: The murder of Louise, where her throat is slashed with a scalpel and blood spreads under the door]].
* NightmareRetardant: In some scenes in the 1978 film, the blood is far too bright and red to be convincing. [[spoiler: It's justified in Simon's case, since he's faking at first]].
* ToughActToFollow: The 1978 film was considered good, but very much in the shadow of the more successful adaptation of ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress''.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: With TheReveal that [[spoiler:Simon never loved Linnet and married her only to get her money, kill her and marry Jackie afterward, Linnet becomes this. She's blamed for stealing away Simon, but no one mentions that ''he'' made the choice to switch partners. If he were truly honorable, he would have refusedher]].
** [[spoiler:her. Also another man who she trusted, her family lawyer and HonoraryUncle was plotting to murder her to cover up his many shortfalls. The poor woman was more valuable dead than alive to anyone she trusted.]]
* NarmCharm:
** The first attempted murder of Linnet in the temple is so dramatic it borders on hilarious, but it just heightens the EveryoneIsASuspect mood.
** Jane Birkin's attempt at a French accent can be a bit comic, but not enough to ruin the film.
* NauseaFuel: [[spoiler: The murder of Louise, where her throat is slashed with a scalpel and blood spreads under the door]].
* NightmareRetardant: In some scenes in the 1978 film, the blood is far too bright and red to be convincing. [[spoiler: It's justified in Simon's case, since he's faking at first]].
* ToughActToFollow: The 1978 film was considered good, but very much in the shadow of the more successful adaptation of ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress''.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: With TheReveal that [[spoiler:Simon never loved Linnet and married her only to get her money, kill her and marry Jackie afterward, Linnet becomes this. She's blamed for stealing away Simon, but no one mentions that ''he'' made the choice to switch partners. If he were truly honorable, he would have refused
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* HilariousInHindsight: In the 1978 film, Creator/AngelaLansbury playing [[Series/MurderSheWrote a female author caught in a mystery.]] Who at one point boasts about her sleuthing skills.
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* HilariousInHindsight: HilariousInHindsight:
** In the 1978 film, Creator/AngelaLansbury playing [[Series/MurderSheWrote a female author caught in a mystery.]] Who at one point boasts about her sleuthingskills.skills.
** Jackie claims [[spoiler:truthfully]] about her shooting skills. In the 2020 film, Creator/RoseLeslie has been cast in her role. [[Series/GameOfThrones Jackie can shoot all right]]!
** In the 1978 film, Creator/AngelaLansbury playing [[Series/MurderSheWrote a female author caught in a mystery.]] Who at one point boasts about her sleuthing
** Jackie claims [[spoiler:truthfully]] about her shooting skills. In the 2020 film, Creator/RoseLeslie has been cast in her role. [[Series/GameOfThrones Jackie can shoot all right]]!
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Linnet Ridgeway/Doyle. An honest, albeit [[InnocentlyInsensitive insensitive]], well-meaning woman that is world-foreign because of a very privileged and almost sheltered upbringing? And who was [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified]] to realize she purposefully stole her best friend's fiancé? Or a bossy woman that pretended to be well-meaning to the public, but was a spoiled brat that always had her own interest in mind? The book has her be able to be read as both, though Jacqueline rightfully points out that Linnet deliberately set out to take Simon from her, with perhaps a minute of hesitation.
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** Poirot tells Linnet that there's nothing the police can do about Jackie following her and Simon around all the time because, as long as she doesn't actually threaten them, she isn't doing anything illegal. This can be rather jarring to read if you live in a time and place where stalking is actually considered quite a serious crime.
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** Poirot tells Linnet that there's nothing the police can do about Jackie following her and Simon around all the time because, as long as she doesn't hasn't actually threaten made any open threats against them, she isn't doing hasn't done anything illegal. This can be rather jarring to read if you live in a time and place where stalking is actually behavior ''is'' considered quite an open threat, and a serious crime.prosecutable offense.
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** Poirot tells Linnet that there's nothing the police can do about Jackie following her and Simon around all the time because, as long as she doesn't actually threaten them, she isn't doing anything illegal. Stalking and harassment laws obviously hadn't been invented yet.
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** Poirot tells Linnet that there's nothing the police can do about Jackie following her and Simon around all the time because, as long as she doesn't actually threaten them, she isn't doing anything illegal. Stalking This can be rather jarring to read if you live in a time and harassment laws obviously hadn't been invented yet.place where stalking is actually considered quite a serious crime.
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* JerkassWoobie: When Linnet meets Simon, there is a brief monologue in which she reflects on how happy Jacqueline is to be with him and how lucky she is to have someone she cares that deeply about, which leads to Linnet realising how truly lonely and unhappy she is for her all her apparent success and beauty, because she doesn't have anyone like that in her life. Of course, then she steals Simon away from Jacqueline, which puts a dent in the sympathy somewhat. [[sppiler:The woobie factor is intensified in retrospect when it is revealed that the man she loved had strung her along to murder her for her money.]]
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* JerkassWoobie: When Linnet meets Simon, there is a brief monologue in which she reflects on how happy Jacqueline is to be with him and how lucky she is to have someone she cares that deeply about, which leads to Linnet realising how truly lonely and unhappy she is for her all her apparent success and beauty, because she doesn't have anyone like that in her life. Of course, then she steals Simon away from Jacqueline, which puts a dent in the sympathy somewhat. [[sppiler:The [[spoiler:The woobie factor is intensified in retrospect when it is revealed that the man she loved had strung her along to murder her for her money.]]
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* JerkassWoobie: When Linnet meets Simon, there is a brief monologue in which she reflects on how happy Jacqueline is to be with him and how lucky she is to have someone she cares that deeply about, which leads to Linnet realising how truly lonely and unhappy she is for her all her apparent success and beauty, because she doesn't have anyone like that in her life. Of course, then she steals Simon away from Jacqueline, which puts a dent in the sympathy somewhat.
* MoralEventHorizon: Linnet's murder is one, especially considering that [[spoiler:Simon strung her along, pretending to love her as she did him, and then shot her in her sleep.]]
* UnintentionallySympathetic: With TheReveal that [[spoiler:Simon never loved Linnet and married her only to get her money, kill her and marry Jackie afterward, Linnet becomes this. She's blamed for stealing away Simon, but no one mentions that ''he'' made the choice to switch beaus. If he were truly honorable, he would have refused her]].
* MoralEventHorizon: Linnet's murder is one, especially considering that [[spoiler:Simon strung her along, pretending to love her as she did him, and then shot her in her sleep.]]
* UnintentionallySympathetic: With TheReveal that [[spoiler:Simon never loved Linnet and married her only to get her money, kill her and marry Jackie afterward, Linnet becomes this. She's blamed for stealing away Simon, but no one mentions that ''he'' made the choice to switch beaus. If he were truly honorable, he would have refused her]].
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* JerkassWoobie: When Linnet meets Simon, there is a brief monologue in which she reflects on how happy Jacqueline is to be with him and how lucky she is to have someone she cares that deeply about, which leads to Linnet realising how truly lonely and unhappy she is for her all her apparent success and beauty, because she doesn't have anyone like that in her life. Of course, then she steals Simon away from Jacqueline, which puts a dent in the sympathy somewhat.
* MoralEventHorizon: Linnet's murdersomewhat. [[sppiler:The woobie factor is one, especially considering intensified in retrospect when it is revealed that [[spoiler:Simon the man she loved had strung her along, pretending along to love murder her as she did him, and then shot for her in her sleep.money.]]
* UnintentionallySympathetic: With TheReveal that [[spoiler:Simon never loved Linnet and married her only to get her money, kill her and marry Jackie afterward, Linnet becomes this. She's blamed for stealing away Simon, but no one mentions that ''he'' made the choice to switchbeaus.partners. If he were truly honorable, he would have refused her]].
* MoralEventHorizon: Linnet's murder
* UnintentionallySympathetic: With TheReveal that [[spoiler:Simon never loved Linnet and married her only to get her money, kill her and marry Jackie afterward, Linnet becomes this. She's blamed for stealing away Simon, but no one mentions that ''he'' made the choice to switch
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* JerkassWoobie: When Linnet meets Simon, there is a brief monologue in which she reflects on how happy Jacqueline is to be with him and how lucky she is to have someone she cares that deeply about, which leads to Linnet realising how truly lonely and unhappy she is for her all her apparent success and beauty, because she doesn't have anyone like that in her life. Of course, then she steals Simon away from Jacqueline, which puts a dent in the sympathy somewhat.
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** At one point early in the novel, Egyptian street vendors are described as a “flock of human flies”.
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* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: In the film, Race's reaction to Louise's opinion of the crime, after everyone has been commenting on how many different motives there are and how much they disliked the murder victim.
-->'''Louise:''' Cette pauvre Madame Doyle! Tout le monde l'aimait.
-->'''Poirot:''' She says that - er - all the world loved Madame Doyle.
-->'''Race:''' Well, at least that's a fresh approach.
-->'''Louise:''' Cette pauvre Madame Doyle! Tout le monde l'aimait.
-->'''Poirot:''' She says that - er - all the world loved Madame Doyle.
-->'''Race:''' Well, at least that's a fresh approach.
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-->'''Louise:''' Cette pauvre Madame Doyle! Tout le monde l'aimait.
-->'''Poirot:''' She says that - er - all the world loved Madame Doyle.
-->'''Race:''' Well, at least that's a fresh approach.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: In the film, Race's reaction to Louise's opinion of the crime, after everyone has been commenting on how many different motives there are and how much they disliked the murder victim.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: In the film, Race's reaction to Louise's opinion of the crime, after everyone has been commenting on how many different motives there are and how much they disliked the murder victim.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: While talking with Poirot, Rosalie unexpectedly goes on a tirade about how jealous she is of Linnet, and how she knows feeling like that is wrong but she can't stop it. Poirot reassures her that it's perfectly natural, and that it's good not to bottle up one's feelings.
** "But, thank God, there is happiness in the world."\\
"As you say, Madame, thank God for it."
** [[spoiler:Jackie's last words]] in the epilogue.
-->"It's all right, [[spoiler:Simon]]. A fool's game, and we've lost. That's all."
** "But, thank God, there is happiness in the world."\\
"As you say, Madame, thank God for it."
** [[spoiler:Jackie's last words]] in the epilogue.
-->"It's all right, [[spoiler:Simon]]. A fool's game, and we've lost. That's all."
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* TearJerker:
** Simon and Jackie were very much in love, and could have been happy together but for [[spoiler:Simon's greed which ultimately brought about both their deaths.]]
*** [[spoiler:Made even sadder by Jackie's speech in the epilogue. There's no violence or [[MotiveRant crazed ranting]]- she politely and calmly explains that she killed Linnet, and why, and that she scarcely regrets it. It makes it all the easier to empathize with her.]]
** Linnet, arguably; while she did steal Simon away from Jackie, she clearly did love him very much and felt guilty about her actions towards Jackie [[spoiler: so the fact that he was just stringing her along in order to kill her does end up stinging a little bit.]]
** Poirot informing Rosalie that he knows [[spoiler:her mother's an alcoholic]].
* ValuesDissonance: Poirot tells Linnet that there's nothing the police can do about Jackie following her and Simon around all the time because, as long as she doesn't actually threaten them, she isn't doing anything illegal. Stalking and harassment laws obviously hadn't been invented yet.
** Simon and Jackie were very much in love, and could have been happy together but for [[spoiler:Simon's greed which ultimately brought about both their deaths.]]
*** [[spoiler:Made even sadder by Jackie's speech in the epilogue. There's no violence or [[MotiveRant crazed ranting]]- she politely and calmly explains that she killed Linnet, and why, and that she scarcely regrets it. It makes it all the easier to empathize with her.]]
** Linnet, arguably; while she did steal Simon away from Jackie, she clearly did love him very much and felt guilty about her actions towards Jackie [[spoiler: so the fact that he was just stringing her along in order to kill her does end up stinging a little bit.]]
** Poirot informing Rosalie that he knows [[spoiler:her mother's an alcoholic]].
* ValuesDissonance: Poirot tells Linnet that there's nothing the police can do about Jackie following her and Simon around all the time because, as long as she doesn't actually threaten them, she isn't doing anything illegal. Stalking and harassment laws obviously hadn't been invented yet.
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**Simon and Jackie were very much in love, and could have been happy together but for [[spoiler:Simon's greed which ultimately brought about both their deaths.]]
*** [[spoiler:Made even sadder by Jackie's speech in the epilogue. There's no violence or [[MotiveRant crazed ranting]]- she politely and calmly explains that she killed Linnet, and why, and that she scarcely regrets it. It makes it all the easier to empathize with her.]]
** Linnet, arguably; while she did steal Simon away from Jackie, she clearly did love him very much and felt guilty about her actions towards Jackie [[spoiler: so the fact that he was just stringing her along in order to kill her does end up stinging a little bit.]]
** Poirot informing Rosalie that he knows [[spoiler:her mother's an alcoholic]].
* ValuesDissonance:Poirot tells Linnet that there's nothing the police can do about Jackie following her and Simon around all the time because, as long as she doesn't actually threaten them, she isn't doing anything illegal. Stalking and harassment laws obviously hadn't been invented yet.
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*** [[spoiler:Made even sadder by Jackie's speech in the epilogue. There's no violence or [[MotiveRant crazed ranting]]- she politely and calmly explains that she killed Linnet, and why, and that she scarcely regrets it. It makes it all the easier to empathize with her.]]
** Linnet, arguably; while she did steal Simon away from Jackie, she clearly did love him very much and felt guilty about her actions towards Jackie [[spoiler: so the fact that he was just stringing her along in order to kill her does end up stinging a little bit.]]
** Poirot informing Rosalie that he knows [[spoiler:her mother's an alcoholic]].
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: In the film, Race's reaction to Louisa's opinion of the crime, after everyone has been commenting on how many different motives there are and how much they disliked the murder victim.
-->'''Louisa:''' "Who would want to do this? She was loved by ''everybody''!"
-->'''Race:''' "...Well, at least that's a fresh perspective."
-->'''Louisa:''' "Who would want to do this? She was loved by ''everybody''!"
-->'''Race:''' "...Well, at least that's a fresh perspective."
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: In the film, Race's reaction to Louisa's Louise's opinion of the crime, after everyone has been commenting on how many different motives there are and how much they disliked the murder victim.
-->'''Louisa:''' "Who would want to do this? -->'''Louise:''' Cette pauvre Madame Doyle! Tout le monde l'aimait.
-->'''Poirot:''' Shewas says that - er - all the world loved by ''everybody''!"
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-->'''Race:'''"...Well, at least that's a fresh perspective." approach.
-->'''Poirot:''' She
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-->'''Race:''' "...Well, at least that's a fresh perspective."
-->'''Louisa:''' "Who would want to do this? She was loved by ''everybody''!"
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* HilariousInHindsight: In the 1978 film, Creator/AngelaLansbury playing [[Series/MurderSheWrote a female author caught in a mystery.]]
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: While talking with Poirot, Rosalie unexpectedly goes on a tirade about how jealous she is of Linnet, and how she knows feeling like that is wrong but she can't stop it. Poirot reassures her that it's perfectly natural, and that it's good not to bottle up one's feelings.
** "But, thank God, there is happiness in the world."\\
"As you say, Madame, thank God for it."
** [[spoiler:Jackie's last words]] in the epilogue.
-->"It's all right, [[spoiler:Simon]]. A fool's game, and we've lost. That's all."
** "But, thank God, there is happiness in the world."\\
"As you say, Madame, thank God for it."
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-->"It's all right, [[spoiler:Simon]]. A fool's game, and we've lost. That's all."
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** Simon and Jackie were very much in love, and could have been happy together but for [[spoiler:Simon's greed which ultimately brought about both their deaths.]]
*** [[spoiler:Made even sadder by Jackie's speech in the epilogue. There's no violence or [[MotiveRant crazed ranting]]- she politely and calmly explains that she killed Linnet, and why, and that she scarcely regrets it. It makes it all the easier to empathize with her.]]
** Simon and Jackie were very much in love, and could have been happy together but for [[spoiler:Simon's greed which ultimately brought about both their deaths.]]
*** [[spoiler:Made even sadder by Jackie's speech in the epilogue. There's no violence or [[MotiveRant crazed ranting]]- she politely and calmly explains that she killed Linnet, and why, and that she scarcely regrets it. It makes it all the easier to empathize with her.]]
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** Poirot informing Rosalie that he knows [[spoiler:her mother's an alcoholic]].
* ValuesDissonance: Poirot tells Linnet that there's nothing the police can do about Jackie following her and Simon around all the time because, as long as she doesn't actually threaten them, she isn't doing anything illegal. Stalking and harassment laws obviously hadn't been inventedyet.yet.
** Cornelia's cousin is shocked at the notion of her [[MarryForLove marrying for love]], especially when it leads Cornelia to reject a wealthier man.
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* ValuesDissonance: Poirot tells Linnet that there's nothing the police can do about Jackie following her and Simon around all the time because, as long as she doesn't actually threaten them, she isn't doing anything illegal. Stalking and harassment laws obviously hadn't been invented yet.
