Tony Marston State Of Mind

Mahlet Kassahun

Mr.Voss

English

12 March 2023 Tony Marston was one of the people on Soldier Island that felt little to no remorse so most people believe he should be killed instantly, But Emily Brent has no indirect involvement with the deaths and if they deserved the death they received on the island. As the others excused the murderers that they have committed Miss Brent states “There is no question of defense. I have always acted in accordance with the dictates of my conscience. I have nothing with which to reproach myself” (48 Christe ).As we can see, Emily Brent believes that she has only acted in a way to protect herself; she doesn't do her actions to harm others, she only does it to protect herself. She acted on her beliefs.Furthermore

Moreover his death being the first death makes sense since Marston was raised in a way that the feeling of remorse was not used to him and he simply could not comprehend the

Though, emotionally, he is just as bad as the other islanders, if not worse, he takes it upon himself to act like he is above them and can decide the outcome of their fate. His actions are driven by a twisted sense of justice and revenge, making him no better than the murderers he seeks to punish. After Mrs.rodgers death Wargrave declares to Brent “My dear lady, in my experience of ill-doing, Providence leaves the work of conviction and chastisement to us mortals—and the process is often fraught with difficulties. There are no shortcuts.” After Rodgers death Wargrave feels the need to proclaim to the islanders that some type of divine spirit has taken her life in order to repay for her sin. If we dive deeper we can see that Wargrave believes himself to be the bringer of justice and he has the right to murder the islanders of their past. Wargarve explains that he was the murder on the island and states “I wanted to kill… Yes, I wanted to kill… But–incongruous as it may seem to some–I was restrained and hampered by my innate sense of justice”(Christie 171).Wargrave is aware of the fact that he is out of his mind and has to feed the urge he's been fighting back and finally have the relief of killing another. But he also has a sense of justice that pulls him back to reality. Know we can understand war graves mindset clearly paves a path for him to commit the murders and believe he