tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post4626343697404867210..comments2024-03-11T01:39:11.362-04:00Comments on At the Scene of the Crime: Ten Little Indians: Dr. Edward ArmstrongPatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-52065942723954678232017-06-28T20:57:31.610-04:002017-06-28T20:57:31.610-04:00I've highly enjoyed reading your in-depth anal...I've highly enjoyed reading your in-depth analyses of the characters of And Then There Were None (my favorite Agatha Christie murder mystery!). I agree with you on Armstrong; he certainly did something terrible and should have lost his license and gone to jail, but execution seems a bit harsh, as he never *meant* to kill anybody. By the way, if you are still into Agatha Christie, you should check out the 2015 BBC Miniseries of And Then There Were None. It is very faithful to the book and keeps in the dark ending, unlike most of the other adaptations.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572159863263429684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-29178086023438026062016-03-18T11:52:04.244-04:002016-03-18T11:52:04.244-04:00Armstrong is quite aware that he was too drunk to ...Armstrong is quite aware that he was too drunk to perform an operation when he killed that woman. And he has not only admitted this to himself up to the end of his life, he went out of his way to put a stop to his drunkenness so that he would not cause the deaths of any future patients. He took responsibility, if not to others, but to himself.The Rush Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667282586023023623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-41794754719812249682015-07-30T11:31:31.339-04:002015-07-30T11:31:31.339-04:00If Armstrong went into an operation knowing he was...If Armstrong went into an operation knowing he was too drunk to perform his duties but did the operation anyway out of a misplaced sense of pride, his crime was truly heinous. His patient might otherwise have lived if he had bowed out of the operation. It was his hubris that caused her death, which makes his guilt worthy of the placement and severity of his "execution".Mr. Schleiferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04661161037586391249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-85421847414733258762015-07-30T11:30:31.619-04:002015-07-30T11:30:31.619-04:00If Armstrong went into an operation knowing he was...If Armstrong went into an operation knowing he was too drunk to perform his duties but did the operation anyway out of a misplaced sense of pride, his crime was truly heinous. His patient might otherwise have lived if he had bowed out of the operation. It was his hubris that caused her death, which makes his guilt worthy of the placement and severity of his "execution".Mr. Schleiferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04661161037586391249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-46703512312027256482013-08-02T11:57:10.967-04:002013-08-02T11:57:10.967-04:00I don't know if Owen forsaw using Armstrong as...I don't know if Owen forsaw using Armstrong as his accomplice, but I do note Armstrong is the only person on the island who has met Owen in real life, and I'm sure that was one of the big reasons that made him trust him.<br /><br />BTW, I like the screenshots from the Russian 1987 film <i>Desyat Negrityat</i> which I think is the finest screen version of <i>And Then There Were None</i> ever filmed, and unless someone has the balls to show the original ending, this film is likely to hold that honor for the foreseeable future.Edward J. Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925008506185290162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-40092047819468151762012-03-09T06:31:06.616-05:002012-03-09T06:31:06.616-05:00I'd forgotten some of the details around Dr Ar...I'd forgotten some of the details around Dr Armstrong. But now that I have read this I have to agree with you about the injustice of his being murdered the way he was and even murdered at all. Yes, he got away with what would be judged manslaughter in law but is, actually, murder though not premeditated. But the story is one of redemption as well and Mr Owen's rather screwy ideas of justice and morality do not allow for penitence and redemption.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.com