tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post9036829022763653715..comments2024-03-05T22:12:23.918-08:00Comments on Karen Woodward: Agatha Christie's Secret: Break The RulesKaren Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-53522529048659490132021-08-22T10:41:44.323-07:002021-08-22T10:41:44.323-07:00Hi Unknown! lol Love the name. Anyway, it has been...Hi Unknown! lol Love the name. Anyway, it has been a while since I last watched or read Cards on the Table, perhaps it's time I did. I know there are a few differences between the book and the screen adaptation. To which are you referring? Thanks! Karen Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-90414393995689979652021-08-21T00:11:11.752-07:002021-08-21T00:11:11.752-07:00Shaitana did not poison himself or expect the murd...Shaitana did not poison himself or expect the murderers he collected at the party to kill him. Poirot explains the purpose of the party to Battle, the Colonel and Ariadne Oliver and Ariadne Oliver asks if Shaitana planned for this. Poirot responded “He was not that sort of man. He was fond of life.”<br />The way the boom shows Shaitana’s character he loved to be in the spotlight a d observe his U. N. Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08462764017037079083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-9629587390305150622021-03-05T18:41:08.056-08:002021-03-05T18:41:08.056-08:00Shaitana (clearly) did not stab himself with the d...Shaitana (clearly) did not stab himself with the dagger and in that sense, you're right. And thank you. What I had written was misleading. But--or so I would argue--he did commit suicide, and in that sense he killed himself. Shaitana's intention was for one of his guests to kill him and that's what happened. Karen Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-62952448262892211232021-03-04T23:50:25.445-08:002021-03-04T23:50:25.445-08:00Shaitana did NOT kill himself in Cards on the Tabl...Shaitana did NOT kill himself in Cards on the Table. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09342781966454796186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-48595428327523536232015-02-15T19:30:21.331-08:002015-02-15T19:30:21.331-08:00Very nice informative article. I have been searchi...Very nice informative article. I have been searching everywhere for this snippet about Christie almost getting expelled for the Murder of Roger Ackroyd. <br /><br />By the way Rule #7 was broken by Christie in both Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and Curtains Poirot's last caseAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03357188465864367535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-81783559621664400402014-05-13T20:46:10.792-07:002014-05-13T20:46:10.792-07:00Thank you! And thank you for the interesting Chris...Thank you! And thank you for the interesting Christie tidbit.Karen Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-41628360740834643922014-05-13T09:26:24.050-07:002014-05-13T09:26:24.050-07:00Wonderfully researched, Karen! Christie had a lot ...Wonderfully researched, Karen! Christie had a lot of other little rules which have only now emerged from research in corpus linguistics. For example, she would scatter meaningless 'filler' words - like nice, pleasant, sweet, gentle, good and so forth - to lull the reader just before a crisis broke or a body was found.Dr John Yeomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03457052363231077457noreply@blogger.com