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'Dark Issues In Then There Were None'
John Noble a well known author once said “Human beings we have dark sides, we have dark issues in our lives. To progress anywhere in life you have to face your demons.”
This is true in life and in literature when characters dark side or dark issues becomes a problem and it leads them to do actions they wouldn’t normally do. And that they one day have to face their demons such as the main character in the Black Cat who didn’t face his demons and in return his dark side comes out and led him to do acts he wouldn’t have done if he had faced his demon. Another example is in the book And there were none when the killer admitted at the end his urges which brought out his dark side threw out the book. His some what good intention brought out his dark
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The reason the judge had a dark side is because he always felt a feeling for justice and his good intentions brought out his dark side. The judge added in his letter that “Contradictory a strange sense of justice” - Christie 285) the character wanted to bring justice to the ones who he felt didn't get that and in that process it brought out his lust for justice and helping these people and led him to killing. He felt that this was the way to bring justice. Another reason is when the judge brought up his childhood and how he always was interested in death. After he stated his urge for justice he soon says “ I have a definite sadist to delight seeing and causing death I remember experiments with wasps with various garden pests from an early age I knew very strongly the lust to kill”- Christie 285) The character felt this for many reason one of them being himself noticing he liked to see death and cause it and him seeing all the in justice being served while he was a judge made him want to give the people deceased or not justice. His good intention of helping the people that can't help themselves turned out to be good but he felt like the only way to get justice for these people is for him to kill them. In conclusion the characters good intentions caused his dark side to come out when trying to achieve justice for all those 10

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