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Agatha ChristieCrooked House
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
What is Christie’s stance on good and evil? Does she believe humans can determine their own morality through their choices?
What is the meaning of the nursery rhyme “There Was a Crooked Man”? Does it hold weight in the story beyond inspiring Sophia’s nickname for Three Gables?
How does Christie portray Josephine as both victim and victimizer? Can she be held fully responsible for her actions?
Certain themes and symbols, like inherent morality and bindweed, appear throughout Christie’s many written works. Choose one of these recurring symbols and explore what it reveals about Christie’s own beliefs.
Why might Christie have situated the novel’s biggest revelation in its last chapters?
According to Christie’s moral code, was Aristide an essentially good person? Why or why not?
Why might Christie have chosen such an unlikely suspect as her killer?
How is the ending of the novel foreshadowed throughout the narrative?
Explore the relationships between Edith, the Leonides family, and Brenda. Why do they all pass harsh judgements on one another? What does their treatment of one another reveal about class in post-World War II England?
The word “crooked” takes on several meanings depending on who or what it’s referring to. Discuss how the different kinds of crookedness relate to and inform one another.
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