Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Moonstone, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Detective Methods and Genre Standards
Intention, Identity, and Personality
Science and Religion
Gender and Victorian Morality
Class, Wealth, and Nobility
British Imperialism
Summary
Analysis
Sergeant Cuff’s narrative takes the form of a report to Franklin Blake, dated July 30th, 1849. He claims that the report will resolve all his uncertainties about Godfrey Ablewhite: how he died, and what Cuff determined about his actions during the time of the Diamond’s theft.
Now that Godfrey has been revealed as the culprit, Cuff offers the reader the explanation they have been waiting for throughout the entire novel, a straightforward presentation of what appear to be the bare facts of the case.
Themes
