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This 5 page paper discusses the issues of social class and wealth as portrayed in Agatha Christie's novel, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Quotes cited from the text. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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gets a tantalizing whodunnit who makes a very pointed statement about social class and the stereotypes of her day and age. Given that Miss Christie lived during a time in
which women were not valued, it is a testament to her talent that her works have not only endured, but continue to instruct as well. The narrator of the book
tells the story as it unfolds. Apparently Dr. Sheppard is called in when a Roger Ackroyd has been murdered. Oddly enough, Ackroyds intended has only just recently died as well.
As the tale unfolds the reader learns that Mrs. Ferrars (Ackroyds intended) had confided in the good doctor which gave him a very good idea on who the murderer was.
Mrs. Ferrars husband died just over a year ago, and Caroline has constantly asserted, without the least foundation for the assertion, that his wife poisoned him(Christie 3). As in
any good Christie novel there are a host of suspects, all with likely motivations for wanting the deceased dead. For example, Roger, the victims adopted son stands to inherit millions.
Hercule Poirot, though he is ostensibly retired, agrees to take on the case. The usual suspects line up: relatives, house keepers, butlers, and a mysterious stranger. This
story, alone, offers the point of view of someone who was at one time considered untouchable and of indisputable character: the doctor. Additionally, Christie takes her novel one step further
to make the actual murderer, the narrator. So that by the time the reader has figured it out (and most do not) the reader realizes that he/she has been seeing
the events from the point of view of the killer himself. The choice of detectives, it should be said, is a statement on
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