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The murder mystery of the wasps nest

by: Yaniek, Tobias, Rick

Who did the crime?

1. Claude Langton
2. Molly Deane
3. John Harrison
4. Hercule Poirot

Context

1. Background information

2. Hidden meaning

3. Theory

4. Fun facts

5. Questions

6. Conclusion

Background information

• Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
• Started in WO1, working as a nurse
• Surrounded by medicine and poison
• Out of boredom and a challenge
   - (first novel) Mysterious affair at Styles
   - Hercule poirot and Miss marple
   - Best-selling novelist of all time, over 100 languages
      and more than 2 billion copies sold worldwide

Hidden meaning

• The point
• The wasp nest: hidden danger
• Poison: harms quietly, looks harmless,
   but is deadly inside

• The garden: looks peacefull and taken
   care off, but is a cover for dark plans.
  

Theory

What does the wasp's nest in the story really stand for?

Can you find an example of foreshadowing in the story?

What is the perspective of the story?

What is the twist ending?

Can you find any examples of dramatic irony in the story?

Fun facts

One of Poirot's only "Pre-Crime" cases

First Christie story adapted for television

Chirstie called Poirot "insufferable"

First published in a magazine

What flower did John smell at the beginning of the story?

1. Orange tulips
2. Red roses
3. Rambler roses
4. Red tulips

Why were Poirot's mustaches limp?

For what reason did Poirot go the the village were John lives?

1. A vacation
2. A murder
3. His girlfriend leves there
4. He wanted to shoot some birds

In part 1: Who does Harrison think he will get attacked by?

1. M. Poirot
2. His dad
3. John Cena
4. Claude Langton

How did Poirot put washing soda in Harrisons pockets without him suspecting anything at all?

What was Harrisons plan?

1. To kill Langton and commit suicide himself
2. To destroy the wasp nest
3. To poisen Langton
4. To shoot Langton

When was Agatha Christie alive?

1. 1930-1969
2. 1899-2000
3. 1899-1977
4. 1890-1976

When did Agatha Christie strart whriting?

1. WO2
2. WO1
3. 1940
4. 1945

What is the discription of the poison?

1. Harms quitely
2. It will blow up inside you
3. It gives you a fast death
4. Looks harmless

Where was the story first published?

1. On TV
2. A newspaper
3. In a magazine
4. On a poster

Conclusie

Harrison wanted to kill Langton and commit suicide himself

The wasp nest

The poisen was a silent and harmfull way to kill

This was Poirot's only "Pre-crime" case