And Then There Were None: Immoral Justice

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has been committed. Putting someone in jail for their wrongdoing is fair and is what is considered to be morally right in society. Although there is no limit to justice, justice can also be corrupt when it comes to the brutal mass murder of criminals, which is similar to murdering innocent people. In Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, despite his actions for justice, Justice Wargrave abandons his ideals as a judge and turns into an iniquitous maniac as he violently punishes people for the sake of their crime. As a judge, Wargrave develops a horrific plan that follows the nursery rhyme, "Ten Little Indians" to seek justice on the ones who have killed but have not yet received any retribution for their wrongdoing. He takes advantage of his role to get even with the guilty. Even though some of the victims did not have the intention of killing, Wargrave has the motivation to pull off the perfect morbid murder on an island where the killer (Wargrave) will be impossible to catch. ...

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the desire of the artist to express himself" (Christie 246).
To accomplish his ideal murder, Wargrave closely follows each line of the poem "The Ten Little Indians". Considering how the poem involves original, morbid schemes such as "one [chopping] himself in halves..." (Christie 28) and "one [getting] frizzled up..." (Christie 28), Wargrave betrays his moral beliefs as a judge and this indeed uncovers his true identity as a murderer due to the fact that he does not obey the "... legal system [that] represents a complex of rules designed to rescue man from the blind play of chance and to put him safely on the road to purposeful ... activity" (Fuller 9). Although Wargrave has a purpose ...

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