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Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Characters

Characters

Some characters appear much more than others. The Armstrongs, for example, are technically not characters that actually are seen in the book. The characters all have their unique connections.

Passengers

All of these passengers have some sort of a relationship to the Armstrongs.

Passengers

Edward Masterman

Edward Masterman

Edward Masterman was Ratchett's valet. He was Armstrong's valet once and was Armstrong's batman in the war.

Cyrus Hardman

Cyrus Hardman

Cyrus Hardman was in love with Susanne, Daisy's nurse, who killed herself after Daisy died because she thought it was partially her fault and the police were pressuring her. Cyrus worked for a New York Detective Agency.

Hector MacQueen

Hector MacQueen

Hector MacQueen really liked Sonia Armstrong, and he was Ratchett's helper. Once he gained Ratchett's trust, he made sure that Ratchett would be on the Orient Express when the others would take it, playing a meaningful role in killing Ratchett.

Greta Ohlsson

Greta Ohlsson

She is Swedish and was the nurse taking care of Daisy. She really cared and loved Daisy.

Hildegarde Schmidt

Hildegarde Schmidt

Hildegarde Schmidt is Princess Dragomiroff's lady's maid. She was the Armstrongs' chef. She speaks German.

Count and Countess Andrenyi

Count and Countess Andrenyi

Countess Andrenyi's real name is Helena Goldberg. She was Ms. Armstrong's younger sister and her mother is Ms. Hubbard, Linda Armstrong. In the book, Countess Andrenyi is the only one of the passengers connected with the Armstrongs that doesn't stab Ratchett.

Count Andrenyi married Countess Andrenyi. He puts a grease spot on her passport so she will be out of suspicion when a handkerchief with the initial H is discovered at the scene of the murder. After he alters it, the passport reads Elena.

Antonio Foscarelli

Antonio Foscarelli

Antonio Foscarelli was born in Italy. He was the Armstrongs' chauffeur and was great friends with Daisy Armstrong. M. Bouc suspects him because he thinks that Italians stab many times. In both of the movies, his name is changed- in the 1974 version, his name is changed to Gino Foscarelli, and in the 2017 version, his name is changed to Biniamino Marquez, and his nationality is changed to Cuban.

Mary Debenham

Mary Debenham

Ms. Debenham is a governess who used to teach Daisy Armstrong. Poirot bumps into her and Arbuthnot on another train, and he overhears her saying "Not now. Not now. When ti's all over. When it's behind us-then-"

Princess Dragomiroff

Princess Dragomiroff

Princess Dragomiroff was the godmother of Sonia Armstrong, as she was great friends with Linda Arden. She was from Russia and was very wealthy.

Ms. Hubbard

Caroline Hubbard- Real Name Linda Arden

Caroline Hubbard was the mother of Sonia Armstrong, the mother of Daisy Armstrong. She was also the mother of Countess Andrenyi, Helena Goldenberg.

Colonel Arbuthnot

Colonel Arbuthnot

Colonel Arbuthnot was great friends with Colonel Armstrong and felt indebted to him. He also was friends with Mary Debenham.

The Armstrong Family

The Armstrongs

Daisy Armstrong

Daisy Armstrong is the daughter of Colonel Armstrong and Sonia Armstrong.

Who is Daisy?

Daisy Armstrong was kidnapped and murdered by Ratchett. She is the main reason for Ratchett's death.

Sonia Armstrong

Sonia Armstrong is the mother of Daisy Armstrong and wife of Colonel Armstrong

Who is Sonia Armstrong?

At the time of Daisy's disappearance Sonia was pregnant with her second child. The shock of the death of her daughter made her go into premature labour, and both she and her baby died.

Colonel Armstrong

Who is Colonel Armstrong?

Colonel Armstrong saved Colonel Arbuthnot's life in a war.

Colonel Armstrong is the husband of Sonia Armstrong and the father of Daisy Armstrong

Others

Hercule Poirot

Samuel Edward Ratchett kidnapped and killed young Daisy Armstrong

Hercule Poirot is a detective on the orient express.

He was the one murdered on the orient express.

Detective Poirot is the one to find out the truth about Ratchett

Samuel Edward Ratchett

Key Moments

Important Events

When Poirot finds out the truth about the murder

The murder was very complicated:

The Truth About the Murder

Cause of Death: Each passenger in turn went into Samuel Ratchett's room and stabbed him once (excluding Countess Andrenyi, whose husband did it for her)

Why it took so long to find the truth: Each passenger created alibi's for each other so no one would be thrown under the bus.

Why They Did It

Why did they murder Ratchett?

Why they did it

Everything centers around the kidnapping and murder of young Daisy Armstrong.

Each passenger had some relation to Daisy Armstrong, whether it be a maid to a friend. They did it to get revenge on Ratchett for kidnapping and murdering Daisy Armstrong.

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