Talk:Third Girl

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BetacommandBot 02:17, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Third Girl.jpg

Image:Third Girl.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot 03:19, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

A question

(I'm not sure if this is appropriate, even on a talk page, but...) Is the fact that the heroine's name is Norma an indication that against all the evidence she is in fact "normal"? Machiajelly (talk) 21:20, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Present tense in plot summary

How would you feel about "is posing as", because it keeps it in the present but reads slightly more clearly. Red Fiona (talk) 22:05, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

Redfiona99 that is fine, keeping to the present tense, which keeps the summary a bit more interesting. Tricky to do that with mystery story plots, with the resolution of the mystery revealing past events. But in this case, the man is still posing when Poirot reveals his false identity. --Prairieplant (talk) 06:23, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

"Tricky to do that with mystery story plots" Particularly true for Agatha Christie novels. Due to her view that some murders have deep roots, the past of the various characters and past crimes/activities are prominent parts of the various narratives. For example:

• In Five Little Pigs (1942), the poisoning-murder of Amyas Crane and the execution of his widow Caroline Crane took place about two decades before the "present day" of the novel. The re-investigation of the case depends on the memories of 5 other people who were in the house on the day of the murder. And naturally everyone gives a contradictory narrative of the past, colored by his/her own biases.
• In By the Pricking of My Thumbs (1968), the villain "Mrs Lancaster" is essentially an elderly serial killer, who has started killing again after decades of seeming retirement in nursery homes. Her past crimes and her connection to them are the main points to the mystery investigation.
• In Postern of Fate (1973), the murder of Mary Jordan being investigated took place during or prior to World War I (there are contradictory clues in the text), while the detectives investigating it are active in the 1970s. The suspects, witnesses, and a previous amateur investigator have all been dead for decades. The 1970s investigation relies on the fading memories of geriatric people who may have met the deceased people several decades ago, and on extracts from diaries and newspapers.
• In Sleeping Murder (1976), the murder of Helen Kennedy took place about two decades before the "present day" of the narrative. The daughter of the murder victim (a toddler at the time) has memories of witnessing her mother's murder, but oes not know the identity of the murderer. The investigation tries to uncover what actually happened decades ago. Dimadick (talk) 07:43, 21 April 2019 (UTC)