Across
- 5. Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance; the idea driving the events on the island.
- 9. An acknowledgment of guilt; often hinted at, forced, or manipulated during the plot.
- 10. A feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, whether real or imagined; central to many characters' psyches.
- 11. The state of being separated from others; the island setting reinforces characters' vulnerability.
- 12. The act of misleading or tricking someone; used by the murderer and among the guests.
- 14. Pretending to have virtues one does not possess; several characters hide dark pasts under respectable facades.
- 15. The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another; central to the storyline.
Down
- 1. The act of controlling or influencing someone cleverly or unscrupulously; used by the mastermind.
- 2. Literary device where clues hint at future events; used throughout to build tension.
- 3. The quality of being certain to happen; the countdown of deaths builds a sense of fatalism.
- 4. Irrational suspicion or mistrust of others; escalates as the guest list dwindles.
- 6. An inner sense of right and wrong; torments some characters, while others lack it entirely.
- 7. A feeling of mistrust or doubt; grows as guests are killed one by one.
- 8. A story with symbolic meaning; the deaths and rhyme serve as a dark moral allegory.
- 13. The principle of moral rightness; a major theme as characters face punishment for past crimes.