A value-driven life in the detective novel Death of the Nile by Agatha Christie

Abstract

With a growing, aggressive attitude among people worldwide, there is a need for individuals to come together and promote values that will prevent the decline of humanity. Literature has a long-standing role as a vehicle for promoting values and showcasing the future of those who disregard the law or the values that serve as a compass guiding people’s actions and decisions. Through this research, we will follow the fate of the four main characters in Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie,
to see which life will have a better ending, a value-driven or a deviant one. This study employs a mixed-methods approach, including comparative analysis and ethical and psychological interpretation. In summary, every individual displays a behavioral
dissimulation under the pretence of being value-driven, but the underlying motives are revealed through actions and private contexts.