The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27
Themes
All Themes Secrecy and the Universal Capacity for Violence Detection and Intellect Law vs. Ethics Gossip and Small Town Life
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Dr. James Sheppard Hercule Poirot (“Mr. Porrot”) Roger Ackroyd Caroline Sheppard Ralph Paton Flora Ackroyd Mrs. Ackroyd Miss Elizabeth Russell Major Hector Blunt Geoffrey Raymond Ursula Bourne / Ursula Paton
Symbols
All Symbols Mah Jong “Little Grey Cells”
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Dramatic Irony Ethos Foreshadowing Genre Idioms Imagery Irony Logos Metaphors Mood Motifs Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Unreliable Narrator
Quizzes
All Quizzes Chapter 1: Dr. Sheppard at the Breakfast Table Quiz Chapter 2: Who’s Who in King’s Abbot Quiz Chapter 3: The Man Who Grew Vegetable Marrows Quiz Chapter 4: Dinner at Fernly Quiz Chapter 5: Murder Quiz Chapter 6: The Tunisian Dagger Quiz Chapter 7: I Learn My Neighbor’s Profession Quiz Chapter 8: Inspector Raglan Is Confident Quiz Chapter 9: The Goldfish Pond Quiz Chapter 10: The Parlormaid Quiz Chapter 11: Poirot Pays a Call Quiz Chapter 12: Round the Table Quiz Chapter 13: The Goose Quill Quiz Chapter 14: Mrs. Ackroyd Quiz Chapter 15: Geoffrey Raymond Quiz Chapter 16: An Evening at Mah Jong Quiz Chapter 17: Parker Quiz Chapter 18: Charles Kent Quiz Chapter 19: Flora Ackroyd Quiz Chapter 20: Miss Russell Quiz Chapter 21: The Paragraph in the Paper Quiz Chapter 22: Ursula’s Story Quiz Chapter 23: Poirot’s Little Reunion Quiz Chapter 24: Ralph Paton’s Story Quiz Chapter 25: The Whole Truth Quiz Chapter 26: And Nothing But the Truth Quiz Chapter 27: Apologia Quiz
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

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Agatha Christie

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