A Murder is Announcedby Agatha Christie

By. Hyohyun Lee (Hyo)

About the Author[Agatha Christie]• Born in 1890• First detective fiction

in a hospital (WWI)• ‘The Mysterious Af-

fair at Styles’ (1920)

• ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’’ (1926)

• Two main detectives • 80 novels & short-

story collections

‘A Murder is Announced’

• Miss Marple’s Mys-tery

• 50th book of Christie• “A murder is an-

nounced and will take place on Friday, Octo-ber 29th, at Little Pad-docks, at 6:30 P.M. Friends please accept this, the only intima-tion.”

MURDER GAME??

MAFIA GAME!!

Common Characteristics??

• Victims– Knew who murderer was– Their guess was right

• Mafias– Pretended to be a victim

Connection to the Book

• The most remarkable characteristics

• Keys to find out who the murderer is

THEME

• Dishonesty of human beings• Appearance vs. Reality• Justice

Recommendation to…?

• To those who have read ‘And Then There Were None’

• Difference?– Inspector Craddock / detective Miss

Marple or Hercule Poirot

WATCH MURDER GAME!

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB07TeDvTFA&feature=related

• From 06’ 00’’