The Power of Logic: An Analytical Guide to “The Murders at the Rue Morgue” “Dupin had agreed with something which was only a thought” (Poe). Mind reading has been the desire of many. Being able to read ideas and personal thoughts from someone's mind can lead to quite an adventure, “The Murder in the Rue Morgue” was one of the first mystery detective novels ever written were the protagonist has a special ability that made them unique. In the short story, Poe used different elements such as point of view, characterization, and theme to enhance the suspense and the drama. Edgar Allen Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts, and died on October 07, 1849, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the second child of actress Elizabeth …show more content…
The story was written in first person giving the reader a feeling of familiarity. The narrator never introduces himself or is mentioned by the other characters. The narrator is recounting his experience with Dupin playing the part of a man of “middling intelligence who must be enlightened about what is happening” (Buranelli). The point of view of the narrator makes the reader feel like a friend with whom he's sharing a story. Poe choose to have a narrator telling the story instead of a personal accounts by Dupin because he wanted the readers to understand the simple thought process as an outsider. Poe carefully developed the narrator to be someone who could keep up with Dupin's character. The point of view presented by the narrator could have also been added by Poe to draw in the readers and make them feel part of the mystery. The narrator’s point of view and the reader's perspective help them have the same information and in this way can try to solve the mystery together. Poe creates Dupin’s character to challenge normal logical thinking with his abilities, he explores the “sense of the uncanny and then springs his surprise explanation”