Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie explores themes of justice, morality, and the nature of truth. The novel questions the legal versus moral justice as the characters justify murder to...

The nontraditional red herrings in Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express include various characters supplying alibis for others, promising that they were together at the time of the murder....

The major conflict in the story is the murder of Ratchett. The murder affects all the characters because they are all suspects – even Poirot himself. They each have something to hide and some real...

The six points on the plotline in Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express are as follows: Exposition introduces Poirot and his journey on the Orient Express. Rising action includes Ratchett's...

In Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, every passenger who speaks English knows about Mrs. Hubbard because she is making an effort to cover her true identity. The chatty Mrs. Hubbard is...

Poirot observes thirteen people during lunch with M. Bouc. These include three men (an Italian, an Englishman, and an American), Princess Dragomiroff, Mary Debenham, two other women, Colonel...

Inspector Poirot was in Aleppo, Syria, to help avert a potential mutiny or coup within the Syrian armed forces, which was a French colony at the time. His intervention, requested by a French General,...

M. Bouc's reaction to Daisy Armstrong's story is one of shock and disgust. Upon learning that the murder victim on the train, Cassetti, was responsible for Daisy's kidnapping and murder, Bouc...

Princess Dragomiroff's most valuable quality according to Hildegard Schmidt is her loyalty and devotion.

The Director of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, Monsieur Bouc, describes the Orient Express trip as a romantic adventure by highlighting the unique experience of diverse strangers...

Two comedic characters in Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express are M. Bouc and Mrs. Hubbard. M. Bouc, a former Belgian police officer and director of the Compagnie Wagon Lits, provides...