“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” was written in 1841 by Edgar Allan Poe. This short story is a modern detective story placed in Paris, France. In this book, Edgar Allan Poe made the main character, Dupin, very interesting. Poe did a lot of research on the character traits of Dupin and it shows in the short story. In this story, Dupin has an imagined opponent and this helps him solve the case. In “The Murders of the Rue Morgue”, Dupin plays a smart game between him and his imagined opponent and uses
unintentionally harms his feline pet because he is drunk. Poe reflects his experiences during his upbringing in his popular works to make them more realistic. A factor of Poe’s impact on literature was his inventing of the Detective genre. Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," is America's first Detective story. Gothic fiction lies among these genres influenced by Poe. Edgar's writing style focused more directly on terror, rather than the setting. As suggested, his terror fueled stories had a great influence
In his first ever detective story called, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” Poe wrote, “ He impaired his vision by holding the object too close” (Poe). In this quote, the main character is criticizing the way that the police were investigating a murder scene. He brings up the central point that is analyzing something by the major details can be blinding and keep you from understanding what is going
During the 1800’s-1840, the United States of America was a rapidly growing nation. The states of Kentucky, Tennenessee, and Vermont were admitted to the Union, and President Thomas Jefferson doubled the nation with the Louisiana Purchase (Babusci 162). Due to improvements with transportation, people were connected more than ever and many were moving out west. Besides technological advances, America was beginning to also develop their own literary style. Edgar Allan Poe was one writer that emerged