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Agatha Christie--Feminist
Agatha Christie--Feminist
The main question of this criticism is whether or not Agatha Christie is a feminist or an anti-feminist writer. She shows both sides in all of her books. A feminist writer can be either a man or a woman who shows that women are seen as equal to men. They are just as smart and can do the same things they can. On the other hand an anti-feminist writer does the opposite. The writer can still be a man or a woman that shows men are superior to women. They also tend to make the female characters victims. The problem with identifying if Christie is a feminist or anti-feminist writer is that she shows both sides throughout her books. In the books, "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", "The A.B.C. Murders", and "Murder on the Orient Express" she makes the female characters out to be unwise and "gossipy old ladies". In the books "The Secret Adversary", "Murder After Hours", and "The Moving Finger" she shows a feminist side. Christie makes the female characters the heroes rather than the men. Agatha Christie shows compassion and sympathy towards women through her female characters. She also acknowledges in some of her books how women are discriminated against. It is not clear if Agatha Christie is a feminist writer or if she is an anti-feminist writer because she strongly shows both styles throughout her pieces. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1420031576/LitRC?u=coal19787&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=6561688d
The Poems of Agatha Christie
The Poems of Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie started her writing career at a very young age. She began her writing with poems. Agatha described her younger self as, “A complete lack of literary talent.” Little did she know that she would become one of the most famous authors of all time. Agatha was not known for writing poems, but she was known for her unique and insensitive writing style in her detective novels. Her poems show a side of her that one thought of. Her poems were mindful and even some of them happened to be romantic. All of her poems lacked modernism which was unusual for her. She enjoyed writing poems. In fact she loved them because it gave her a lot of excitement. Agatha stuck to three common plots in her poems: supernatural, love, and meditative. The poem, “From a Grown-Up to a Child” brings out her supernatural side. She mentions fairies throughout which seems odd for Agatha to be talking about fairies when her best selling novels are about murders and mysteries. In almost all of her poems she mentions love in some way. She wrote two poems while her second husband was gone. She tried to put into words of how much he means to her, but she couldn’t. In her poem, “The Lament of the Tortured Lover” she makes a point that love can not be explained through words. Agatha is not known for her sentimental writing. She is seen as almost a quiet and reserved author with a unique writing style. On the other hand her poems show her private emotions and thoughts in her pieces. Agatha has two completely different writing styles, and she is good at it.
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Agatha Christie and Murder Most Unsportsmanlike
Agatha Christie and Murder Most Unsportsmanlike
Agatha Christie started writing her crime books in 1920 starting with “The Mysterious Affair at Styles”. She would soon create over two hundred fictional victims. She would become a staple author who would later become a best selling author. One of her most famous detectives in her books is Hercule Poirot. In almost every case he makes an observation that helps guide them to the killers. She created several other characters and only a handful of them would be acknowledged in more than one of her books. There is one character who makes a weird impression. His name is Parker Pyne. His role in Agatha’s novels is to help solve the murders, but also manipulate people into feeling happy. Agatha is a significant writer. She has “The ability to manage what may be called ‘the optics of mystery.’” She has a completely different layout for her books than the average crime mystery author. Agatha Christie creates these “impossible” situations that are unrealistic, but then she adds these realistic characters to the which makes it a more complex story. All of the murders in her books are either a good murderer who has good intentions and kills someone who is not a good person, or a bad murderer who kills someone who is a good person. Agatha makes you question “Is it ok to kill a killer?” Her stories all make you wonder should the killer have a different outcome. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1100002820/LitRC?u=coal19787&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=6dca00a6
Agatha Christie:Overview
Agatha Christie:Overview
Agatha is extremely successful and “she is one of the best.” She can give clues throughout her pieces making her readers make predictions on who they think the killer is. She proves you wrong at the end of her books. She sets up her detective fiction novels like the average author, but there is something that separates her from the rest. This puts her above all the other detective fiction authors. Two of her famous detective characters are Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. They both rely on the psychological part of the investigations. Marple seems to figure out who the murderer is before a bunch of evidence even pops up. Agatha tends to have a more ancient literature writing style compared to other authors. Some of her other detective novels even have a romantic subplot to them. She is an extremely talented writer. She can make a murder story have a fairy tale feeling. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1420001644/LitRC?u=coal19787&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=c1ca0560
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