The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The introduction of the story.
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The introduction of the story explains the way a person thinks or otherwise reasons. The introduction goes on to give examples of how a game of chess is more of a mental game than just an ordinary game. The details provided in the introductory paragraph, tend to confuse a person on what the story is mainly about. The introductory paragraph consequently leaves the reader in a dilemma because the title seems different from the introductory paragraph (Edgar, 2014).
I hated the way, the author started the introduction since it made me to have different ideas about what the story was really about. In other words, I thought the story was completely about a different topic other than its title which is The Murder in the Rue Morgue (Edgar, 2014). Before I completed the introductory paragraph, I had different ideas of what the story was mainly about. According to my point of view, the introductory information seemed very different and it really confused me.
After reading the introductory paragraph, I expected the story to be basically about how the human psychology affects the choices that people make. The story however talked about a different scenario than what I had actually assumed it was about (Edgar, 2014). After the introduction, the story in relation to the topic then started. However, the introduction attracted my attention and I really wanted to read more into the story in order to be able to understand what the story was really about.
What are the unique features in this story?
The story is unique in that the flow of events are in a very systematic manner. The narrator starts with an introductory paragraph which makes the reader to think critically about what the story is really about (Edgar, 2014). This makes the reader to be more curious thus reading deeper into the story in order to be able to understand the plot of the story. The pattern of the flow of events in the story are consequently very unique judging from the way the narrator has categorised the flow of events.
Secondly, the story starts with an introduction which talks about the way the mind affects the decisions that people make. The narrator provides examples using different games and the way that a person can be able to beat his or her opponent through playing a mental game. The narrator then, starts a story whereby he meets Dupin in Paris who finally becomes his friend and they therefore live together. Thirdly, the narrator comes across a newspaper which talks about murders, and has the title Extraordinary Murders (Edgar, 2014). This therefore brings about the story within a story which is a feature of style. The development of a story within a story is very effective and it has really helped in making the story to be relevant to the title.
The narrator also uses dialogue which as a means of passing more information from the story. Through dialogue, one is able to understand how Dupin behaves and why he is consequently thinking in a different way from that of the narrator. Furthermore, much information about an event is passed through the dialogue between the two characters who discuss and come up with ideas of what really happened. This therefore makes the story to be very unique thus it attracts the attention of the reader (Edgar, 2014).
Page 1. 12th and 13th paragraph.
This paragraphs symbolise the main plot of the story, and they therefore make the story relevant to its title. The story talks about the murder and this consequently reflects back to the title of the story hence it attracted me since it was main part that I was looking forward to reading. The passage is about a murder which took place at a fourth story house in Rue Morgue. This incident which took place at night, attracted the attention of most people. The murder took place at Madame L’Espanaye’s house where she lived with her daughter.
The setting of the story takes place in Madame L’Espanaye’s house where the house has been left in a total mess. Madame L’Espanaye’s daughter’s body was found hanged in the house with bruises on the face. The setting of the story consequently explains how the murder was brutal, since the house was in a total mess, this therefore means that there might have been a tag of war between the deceased and the murderers leading to her murder. Thus the narrator has been able to make the story enjoyable as the reader can be able to form images at the back of his or her mind while reading the story.
Thus the narrator has been able to make the story entertaining, hence the reader can enjoy reading it. This is mainly because, the narrator has achieved writing a very good story which requires the reader to read it all before finally understanding what it is really about. Nevertheless, the narrator has been able to attract the attention readers through the eye catching story (Edgar, 2014).
Reference
Edgar, A. Poe. (2014). The Murders in the Rue Morgue. The University of Adelaide Library.
