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Analysis of Multi-metaphors in the Mystery Novel And Then There Were None
WANG Liu-jing, SUN Feng-yi
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2025.04.004
Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China Wuhan Foreign Languages School, Wuhan, China
This study analyzes Agatha Christie’s mystery novel And Then There Were None from five dimensions—the nursery rhyme, Soldier Island, role of characters, death and psychological interaction—to explore its multi-dimensional metaphors and their deeper connotations. The key findings reveal that the nursery rhyme serves as a narrative thread, symbolizing both a fate-driven trial and societal rules manipulating individual destinies; Soldier Island’s isolation mirrors moral problem and emotional detachment in modern society; the characters, linked to their crimes and deaths, embody universal human flaws; death acts as both a form of justice and a critique of civilization’s fragility; the psychological struggles among the characters expose the collapse of morality under survival crises. By decoding these interconnected metaphors, the study interprets the work’s thematic framework of Sin and Punishment, offering insights into tensions between societal norms and individual existence today.
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Journal of Literature and Art Studies, April 2025, Vol. 15, No. 4, 286-289
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