The Murders in the Rue Morgue

read his popular dim and horrific short stories like “The Tell-tale Heart”, “The Murders In the Rue Morgue”, and “The Black Cat”. Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories are prominent because they are unified and precisely create the connection between each story and Poe’s life; they are complex and interesting enough to guarantee the readers to reread and become provoked enough to capture interest through the eccentric murders and investigation in stories. Edgar…

In the middle of the night, from the house on Rue Morgue there are screams coming from inside. The next morning, we find out that a mother and daughter were murdered by an unknown killer, and the mother has her neck cut from her body outside the house window and the daughter was strangled and shoved into a fireplace. Two detectives, the unnamed narrator and Dupin both investigate the house and interrogate many witnesses to get clues about the killer, However useless, Dupin figures out that it…

Murder in the Rue Morgue Edgar Allen Poe was born on January 19, 1809, and lived through October 7, 1849. ( Biography.com 1) During his literary career, he wrote a number of poems, short stories, and novels. One of his writings, the Murders at the Rue Morgue is known as the first modern detective story. This can relate to real-life situations in many ways. Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the murder of two women. Many people who have read this book could compare Dupin to Sherlock Holmes…

The book A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle and the book The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe both present cases where the lead detectives must procure a lost or stolen item. Although both authors use almost congruent plots, characters and situations to expose readers to great tales of ratiocination, the contrast in the characters’ behavior, the fluctuation in plots and the slight difference in situations lead to Doyle’s A Scandal in Bohemia to be a more thought provoking and cultural…

Tell-tale Heart’ is a short story written by the famous writer, Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in 1843 and was revised to its present form in 1845 (Seghir, H.M., Djelloul, B., & Noureddine, B., 2013). The tell-tale Heart is a story of a murder, told by the murderer, himself. It tells about an old man who is seemingly under the care of a young person. The relationship of the characters in the story was not explicitly revealed. However, Poe gives some clues on what could have been…

The stories by Edgar Allen Poe that I chose to read were “The Masque of Red Death”, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, and “The Murders at Rue Morgue”. I chose to read the stories because of the titles. They had me interested and curious to see what the stories were and thus, I chose to read them. The characters in each story cope with death in different ways that are similar in some aspects. Poe’s work show the relationship between the characters and death and morality as one that is made of…

Intelligent serial killers, blood-splatter analysis and justice killing; Dexter is a fascinating modern television show with a character so abstract and antisocial when compared to most television programs today, many wonder where James Manos could have thought up such a character. After reading Edgar Allen Poe’s, The Purloined Letter, one can see that there are striking similarities between the misanthropic Dupin and the morose Dexter. I believe that James Manos’s main character Dexter, in the…

1. Introduction One of Edgar Allen Poe's most famous short stories is "The Tell-Tale Heart", which was first published in 1843. The story is told by an unnamed narrator, who describes in a very detailed way the murder he committed. His victim is the old man he lives with/ he is living with. The narrator's only and not very justifiable reason for his deed is that he is afraid of the old man's vulture eye and that in order to get rid of his fear he has to kill the old man. After his deed is done,…

Swiss novelist and play writer, Friedrich Durrenmatt, in his tragicomedy, The Visit, tells the corrupted tale of how one woman earns her justice by turning a whole town of people against one man, all for revenge. Durrenmatt uses Claire’s revenge to show the true corruption of justice in Europe following World War II. Durrenmatt creates a suspenseful tone in order to express to his readers the idea that wealth and corruption can bring one power. Claire Zachanassian shows her power and control by…

detective with strong intuitive skills" (Poe, "Rules for Detective Stories"). Two mystery tales that can be judged using these rules to determine which is better are Poe's own short story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and a movie, The Bone Collector. According to Poe's guidelines, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a better mystery story than The Bone Collector because of the detective's strong but reasonable intuitive skills and the fair clues that Poe gives to the reader. Both stories have…