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“Murders” In “The Murder in the Rue Morgue”, Edgar Allan Poe presents a fascinating use of the journalistic style by the use of grammar and narration, as a basis to establish himself as a detective writer. Poe’s method for capturing the attention of his audience in “The Murder in the Rue Morgue” is: 1).creating a mysterious element to the story line, and 2) creating this character Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin, who uses logical analysis as a method to solve the mystery of the murders. Poe’s story line raises a supernatural question, which gives the reader the illusion that some mystical being has committed the heinous murders of Madame L’Espanaye and her daughter. The detective Dupin’s character is able to examine all the evidence from the crime scene and relate these clues to the reader, and persuade the reader to consider the notion that this kind of act wasn’t an act of a human. According to this passage from was taken from “The Murder in the Rue Morgue”: Several witnesses recalling the crime scene; …“The body of Mademoiselle L'Espanaye was so firmly wedged in the chimney that it could not be got down until four or five of the party united their strength.” This passage taken from the text had a creepy reference to a mysterious being with 3 xs’s the strength of the average human, doing the massacre. The gruesome evidence that Poe expresses to the reader, gives the reader the opportunity to use deduction to solve the murders. Dupin states his analysis of how he came up with the notion that this wasn’t a humans doing, through a processes of deduction, “Think, too, how great must have been that strength which could have thrust the body //up// such an aperture so forcibly that the united vigor of several persons was found barely sufficient to drag it //down!//”;. Poe put the baton in the reader’s hands with this statement for the reader to fill blank, with his clever use of words. The detective Dupin character was created by Poe, to be the visionary that uses a system of legitimate deductions to solve the murders. By his form of deductive reasoning, and placing every detail into a chronological order helps the reader to follow his thinking process, step by step. Dupin’s character develops a method for solving crimes, and going over every piece of evidence with a fine comb, which could have come from Edgar Allan Poe’s personal life experiences in his publishing career. Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Murder in the Rue Morgue” is masterful and piques my sixth sense. This story is very enticing and keeps me in suspense. I would deduce from this statement, as the prominent philosopher Edgar Allan Poe puts it, “ Derives pleasure from even the most trivial occupations bringing his talent into play”; in other words Poe’s intellectual ability were brought forth through writing this masterpiece, “The Murder in the Rue Morgue”. In doing so Poe himself is able to find pleasure in creating this piece of literary work, with a character that to me bears a resemblance to Poe’s persona.

Hard-boiled vs. Classic Detection: The series, of Classic Detection has been restricted by these so called, “the rules of the game” or clichés which were to create a minimal spring of surprise upon the readers shrewdness. Whereas Hard-Boiled did just that, it kept the reader guessing, with an overwhelming springs of circumstances which could lead the reader suspicions, above and beyond. Both structures of writing were an ingenious way captures the reader, for instance: //Classic Detection// detectives were precise, using correct judgment, and repaired order with fewer deaths as possible. The underscore in classical detection was inconspicuous. The detective came on the scene, and within seconds solved the mystery with precision, and restoring its order. //Hard-Boiled// detection stories writers gave the reader more action, relatable characters in the stories, and were more sympathetic when they made characters who were middle class detectives in pursuit of wealth. Both forms of writing had features that I take pleasure in reading, and are merely illustrations of the times, detective fiction changed with society and public principles. In Classical Detection writers followed a more conservative vision, with the //10 commandments// of writing detection fiction by Ronald Knox. It’s pretty clear that these rules became the foundation for every detective story to follow. Their stories consisted of: Intro, crime/clues, analysis, resolution, and summation. These points were common amongst writer of early detective fiction. The classic detective’s used a step by step analysis of the situation, which for the reader they are able to draw upon a mental note of what the detective has identified as a clue for instants in the story, “The Murder in the Rue Morgue”; Dupin says: “how great must have been that strength which could have thrust the body up such an aperture so forcibly that the united vigor of several persons was found barely sufficient to drag it down.” By this statement Poe convinces the reader from the beginning, that this wasn’t a human’s strength that could have done this destruction. The detectives in classical detection were very gifted people they were able to draw logical detection from the evidence that they gathered and find the logical motive for these crimes. This was the reason that I found this form so brilliant, the cleverness of the writes to use logical reasoning; gave me the key into the criminals mind. Which was opposite from the detectives of hard-boiled detection. Hard-boiled detection, made the classical detectives look like a thing of the past, by their flamboyant stories, crimes and corruption these hard-boiled stories were well on their way. Relating to a newer audience, this was an era of organized crime, corruption and hard financial times. These detectives were continually confronted with great danger, and risking their lives for the greater good. Another noticeable shift was personality of hard-boiled detectives, they were known for their cocky attitudes. This attitude often made these detectives cold and extremely disliked by me; yet Hard-boiled detection still has continued to preserve its audience, of classical detective fiction and hard-boiled. These noticeable changes in detective fiction have merely adapted to a societal shift. This era has not deprecated the classical detection but made its formation live on, to those who love it. Just like history teaches us that America is a great County for everyone, yet this Country has its imperfection as well, from the history of slavery to Hurricane Katarina America too can use some improvement, just as MYSTERY WRITING has.