Vera Claythorne Character Analysis

The first character that will be analyzed is the character named Vera Claythorne. Originally, she got the invitation to the Island as the secretary to the unknown Mr. Owen, the supposed owner of the Island, which none of the characters are familiar with. Later on, they would discover that Mr. Owen is actually the paradigm for Unknown, who is the person who brought them all together. Like all the other characters, Vera Claythorne also has committed a crime. In her past, she let a little rich boy named Cyril Hamilton, whom she was caring care of, drown while in the ocean, in order for her lover Hugo, his relative, would inherit the money and leave with her. Unfortunately, he is convinced she left the boy to drown and leaves her. Her memories haunt her thought the novel, as she is perhaps the most conscious person of all of them on
How emotionally unstable this character is, can be seen though any scene where she is close to the ocean and feels as if her lover Hugo, is standing by her and judging her while the images of the drowned boy haunt her even in her sleep. The most noticeable level of the effect of guilt on her ever growing conscience can be seen here: „ She had come now to the door of her room, Hugo was waiting for her inside- she was quite sure of it. She opened the door... What was that- hanging from the hook in the ceiling? A rope with a noose all ready? And a chair to stand upon- a chair that could be kicked away... That was what Hugo wanted. And of course that was the last line of the rhyme. „ He went and hanged himself and then there were none.“... she climbed up the chair, her eyes staring in front of her like a sleepwalker's... She adjusted the noose round her neck, Hugo was there to see she did what she had to do „ (Chapter 16) From this, it can be seen that even though, she was one of the most intelligent people on