Justice Lawrence Wargrave

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Justice Lawrence Wargrave is a central character in Agatha Christie's mystery novel "And Then There Were None," known as a retired judge whose calm, authoritative demeanor masks a chillingly methodical and manipulative nature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antagonist ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
judge ⓘ
murderer ⓘ
adaptationAppearances various film adaptations of And Then There Were None ⓘ
various television adaptations of And Then There Were None ⓘ
appearsIn And Then There Were None ⓘ
appearsInGenre mystery novel ⓘ
associatedPoem Ten Little Soldiers nursery rhyme ⓘ
confessionForm written confession revealed after his death ⓘ
creator Agatha Christie ⓘ
deathInWork dies by suicide ⓘ
deathMethod gunshot ⓘ
familyName Wargrave ⓘ
firstAppearance And Then There Were None ⓘ
firstPublicationContext character in the 1939 novel And Then There Were None ⓘ
fullName Lawrence John Wargrave ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Lawrence ⓘ
legalBackground former judge of the High Court ⓘ
literarySignificance one of Agatha Christie's most famous criminal masterminds ⓘ
methodOfMurder carefully premeditated sequence of killings ⓘ
moralView believes in absolute retributive justice ⓘ
motive desire to punish those who escaped legal justice ⓘ
fascination with the idea of perfect, unsolvable crime ⓘ
narrativeFunction orchestrates the closed-circle mystery structure of the novel ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableTrait authoritative manner ⓘ
calm demeanor ⓘ
manipulative personality ⓘ
methodical nature ⓘ
sense of justice distorted into vigilantism ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
retired judge ⓘ
plansLocation Soldier Island ⓘ
plansMurdersToMatch Ten Little Soldiers nursery rhyme ⓘ
psychologicalProfile coldly rational ⓘ
highly intelligent ⓘ
sadistic streak ⓘ
roleInWork central character in And Then There Were None ⓘ
mastermind behind the murders on Soldier Island ⓘ
settingOfActions Devon coast, England (Soldier Island) ⓘ
linked to: Devon coast
title Justice ⓘ
usesDisguise fakes his own death during the events on Soldier Island ⓘ
victimSelectionCriterion people guilty of serious crimes who avoided punishment ⓘ

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And Then There Were None → hasCharacter → Justice Lawrence Wargrave ⓘ
Justice Lawrence Wargrave → fullName → Lawrence John Wargrave ⓘ
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Vera Claythorne → influencedToSuicideBy → Judge Lawrence Wargrave ⓘ
linked to: Justice Lawrence Wargrave
General John Macarthur → murderer → Justice Lawrence Wargrave ⓘ
General John Macarthur → associatedWith → Justice Lawrence Wargrave ⓘ
Isaac Morris → usedBy → Justice Lawrence Wargrave ⓘ
Isaac Morris → deathPlannedBy → Justice Lawrence Wargrave ⓘ
Emily Brent → killedBy → Justice Lawrence Wargrave ⓘ
Ethel Rogers → associatedWithCharacter → Justice Lawrence Wargrave ⓘ