XI Международная студенческая научная конференция Студенческий научный форум - 2019

1.Biography of the author and his creative activity

Agatha Christie is an English writer, novelist and playwright, creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. The author's works still diverge in millions of copies, her books became the third most popular after the Bible and the works of Shakespeare.

Agatha Christie was born on September 15, 1890. Torquay (the English county of Devon) became the hometown of the future writer. At birth, the girl received the name of Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller. Agatha's parents are well-to-do migrants from the United States. In addition to Agatha, the family had two more children - older sister Margaret Frerri and brother Louis Montand. Childhood future writer spent in the estate Ashfield.

In 1901, Agatha's father did not disappear, the family could no longer afford “aristocratic liberties”, it was necessary to cut costs and live in the conditions of the strictest economy. There was no need to go to school in Agate, initially the mother was engaged in the education of the girl, and then the governess. In those days, girls were mostly prepared for married life, teaching manners, needlework, and dancing. At home, Agatha received a musical education and, if it were not for the fear of the stage, she would certainly have devoted her life to music. Since childhood, Miller’s youngest daughter was shy, different from her brother and sister in her calm temper.

At the age of 16, Agatha was sent to a Paris guest house. There, the girl studied without much zeal for the sciences, constantly missed home. The main "achievements" of Agatha were two dozen grammatical errors in the dictation and swoon before performing at a school concert.

Then, for two years, Agatha studied in another boarding house, after which she returned home as a completely different person — the future celebrity turned from an unruly shy girl into an attractive blonde with long hair and languid blue eyes.

During the First World War, the future writer worked in a military hospital, performing the duties of a nurse. Then the girl became a pharmacist, which subsequently helped in writing the detectives - 83 crimes described by the author were committed by means of poisoning. After marriage, Agatha took the name of Christie and began to create masterpieces in the intervals between duty in the pharmacy department of the hospital. It is assumed that the author’s sister, who had already achieved some success in the literary field, prompted the idea of ​​creativity. Agatha Christie created the first detective novel Mysterious Accident in Stiles back in 1915. On the basis of acquired knowledge, as well as acquaintance with Belgian refugees, the writer displays a key image of the novel - the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The first novel was published in 1920: before that, the book had been rejected at least five times in publishing houses. About the famous detective filmed the series, which was loved by viewers around the world. The directors will constantly return to the British novels, creating films based on the writer's books: “Agatha Christie’s Poirot”, “Miss Marple”, “The Murder on the Orient Express”. Especially the audience remembered the series "Miss Marple". In this adaptation of the image of Miss Marple brilliantly embodied the British actress Joan Hickson. By 1926, Christie became popular. The works of the author were printed in large quantities in world magazines. In 1927, Miss Marple appeared in the story "Tuesday Night Club". A thorough acquaintance of the reader with this insightful old woman occurred when the novel Murder in the Vicar's House (1930) appeared. Then the characters invented by the writer were present in several works combined into a series. The murders and the subject of the investigation will be the main ones in the detectives of the British writer. The most vivid detective novels of Agatha Christie are: “The Killing of Roger Ackroyd” (1926), “The Killing on the Orient Express” (1934), “Death on the Nile” (1937), “Ten Little Indians” ”(1939),“ The Baghdad Meeting ”(1957).

Agatha Christie is a successful playwright. The works of the British became the basis for a large number of plays and performances. The plays “Mousetrap” and “Witness of the Prosecution” became especially popular. Christie holds the record for the maximum number of theater productions per work. The performance “The Mousetrap” was first staged in 1952 and to this day is continuously being shown on stage. In the creative biography of the writer has more than 60 novels. Most of them she published under the name of her first husband. But she signed 6 works with a fictitious name - Mary Westmacott. Then the writer not only changed her name, but also left the detective genre for a while. She also published a considerable number of stories combined into 19 collections. A writer in her entire writing career has never made the topic of her work a crime of sexual nature. Unlike modern detective stories, in her novels there are practically no scenes of violence and pools of blood. On this account, Agatha repeatedly expressed that, in her opinion, such scenes do not allow the reader to focus on the main theme of the novel. The writer herself considers her best work of rum.

2. General characteristics of the work

Summary:

Mr. Shaitan invites to dinner the famous detective Hercule Poirot, promising that he will meet there criminals who escaped justice. Surprised, Poirot meets in the house of Shaitan the author of detective novels Ariadne Oliver, the police inspector of the Battle and the special services agent Colonel Reis. Also invited to dinner are Dr. Roberts, sixty-year-old Mrs. Lorimer, Major Despard and the pretty girl Ann Meredith. After lunch, the guests sit down to play bridge, and Mr. Shaitan is watching them, sitting in a chair by the fireplace. When the invitees are about to disperse, the host is found pinned with a stylet that lay on the table. Since no one else entered the room, the killer is among the guests. Mrs. Oliver, Colonel Reis, Inspector Battle and Hercule Poirot talk to the guests. They all left the table during the game, but did not notice anything unusual. Dr. Roberts states that he almost did not know the victim, as well as the guests. Mrs. Lorimer used to know Mr. Shaytan, but from those who were invited, she only heard about Dr. Roberts. Miss Meredith almost did not know the victim, but he always invited her to various receptions. Invited she had never seen before. Major Despard knew the dead man and does not hide that he did not love him. Four detectives discuss what happened. From the testimony they can not make a picture of the crime and decide to find out everything about each. Poirot wants to study card game records. In his opinion, the killer should have made mistakes in the game. Inspector Battle visits Dr. Roberts. The doctor has an impeccable reputation and gives addresses of people who can vouch for him. The inspector decides to find out what deaths were among the patients of the doctor. Hercule Poirot visits the doctor, asks him what was the situation in the room at the time of the murder, and notices that the doctor is an observant person. Then the detective visits Mrs. Lorimer, who by his

the request recalls the decor of the room and from the records restores the course of the game. The famous detective admires her memory. Mrs. Oliver visits Ann Meredith, who lives with her friend Rhoda Doz. Anne believes that the killer is Dr. Roberts, who spoke about the poisons during the game. During the conversation comes Major Despard. He offers to help Miss Meredith find a good lawyer. Rhoda suggests that the major fell in love with Ann. Inspector Battle collects information about Ann Meredith. Quiet modest girl, living with a more lively nature of her friend. Both girls live modestly, but pays Miss Dose bills. Hercule Poirot meets with Major Despard. The major describes Mr. Shaitan’s room and reports that the dead man was blackmailing women. A police sergeant meets with a maid from one of Dr. Roberts' former patients. The girl said that her mistress always complained about something, but the patient has never been. She liked to call the doctor. Somehow there was a scandal between the doctor and the husband of the patient. The husband threatened to complain about the doctor, who believed that his patient was hysterical. The doctor went to the toilet to wash his hands. Soon, the patient's husband died of anthrax, infected by a Japanese shaving brush, after which his wife went to Egypt, where she also died. Rod Doz tells Mrs. Oliver that Ann Meredith worked as a maid for a woman who died, mixing up bottles and drinking a dye instead of medicine. Both girlfriends stare at Major Despard. Mrs. Oliver, Hercule Poirot, quartermaster Battle, and Colonel Reis discuss players who were once suspected of being killed. Poirot reports that he is studying their psychology. The famous detective is interested in Major Despard, who was once accused of the murder of Professor Laxmore. Poirot attends the professor's widow, Mrs. Laxmore. The woman confesses that she was the mistress of the major, and he shot her husband defending himself from him. The famous detective visits a major who says that the murder happened by chance, but not out of jealousy.

Battle finds out the details of the death of the hostess Ann Meredith, and although everyone is sure that it was an accident, Battle believes that the girl is guilty. Having bought expensive stockings, Poirot visits Ann Meredith and Rod Doz. Asking Ann to recall the details of the evening before the murder, the famous detective asks the girl to do him a favor. He bought silk stockings as a gift and asked to choose some suitable ones. While Ann is considering stockings, Poirot takes Rod to another room. When he returns, he recounts stockings and notices that he is missing two pairs. The famous detective believes that the former mistress suspected a girl of theft, and she deliberately rearranged the bottles, because the mistress did not differ in accuracy. But she could hardly have stabbed Shaitan in front of everyone. Poirot is visited by Mrs. Lorimer. According to him, this woman has a cold head, and she is able to commit murder. The woman confesses that she was the one who killed Mr. Shaitan. But the famous detective does not believe her, he knows that Mrs. Lorimer has met with Ann Meredith, and now she is confident that the killer girl wants to take the blame for herself

3.List of phraseological units

4. Context list and analysis

Consider some idioms in context and analyze them:

Mr. Shaitana laughed, a very mephistophelean laugh. - Shaytana burst into laughter Mephistopheles. In this case, the author could use simpler words without comparing the hero’s laughter with Mephistopheles. In my opinion, the author wanted to draw the attention of the reader so that we could present this laugh, as if we were near the characters. If the author had used just the verb laugh, the shade of this statement would not be so colorful. The author could use simpler words, for example: he laughed very loudly.

There was no question about the interview with Mrs. Oliver, Mrs. Oliver had said - She was also an ardent feminist, if any high-profile case was discussed in the press, she was certainly interviewed, where she certainly spoke.

The author could use a simpler adjective, having used Hotheaded, the author focused the reader's attention on how strongly the heroine was a feminist. An adjective can be replaced by a more neutral one, for example: she was a ardent feminist.

A big square wooden frame faced forwards .. - Large, dense, as if carved out of wood, and not just wood, but from what goes to build warships.

Analyzing this proposal, we note that the author could not resort to comparing the hero with a wooden ship, but simply write about a strong build. Thus, the author wanted to show how special

his character and more closely introduce the reader to him, so that he can more clearly present this strong man.

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