Myresha EllisMr. GriggsEnglish 1002, CRN 6050April 21, 2014Observe to AbsolveThe Murders in the Rue Morgue is a mystery short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. This is the shocking and radical murder of a woman, Madame L'Espany, and her daughter, Mademouiselle Camille L'Espany. In the story, the police look at the evidence and do not bother to observe the situation in depth, but arrest the clerk, Adolphe Le Bon, because he is the last to see them alive. This means that even small things must be taken into account when it comes to justifying and judging a crime. The story has many characters, but the most important are: Mr. C. Auguste Dupin, the Narrator, the Police Commissioner, the Sailor and the Ourang-Outang. Some minors are: Madame L'Espany, Mademouiselle Camille L'Espany, Adolphe Le Bon, Jules Mignaud, etc. At first everything was checked as if it was an inside man who had committed the crime because the windows were locked from the inside and nailed. , the doors were locked from the inside, there was a trap door nailed shut, no one could climb the wall and the only person who had ever been there was Adolphe. Dupin intervened: “We must not judge the means,” said Dupin, “on this shell of an interrogation. The Parisian police, so vaunted for their perspicacity, are cunning, but no more. beyond the method of the moment, they make a vast parade of measures; but it is not uncommon for them to be so poorly suited to the objects on offer that they remind us of Mr. Jourdain's vocation for his dressing gown - for the better. hear the music. The results obtained by them are not rarely surprising, but, for the most part, are brought about by simple diligence and activity when these qu...... middle of paper ......, creative. and balanced. He reviews the police work and explains that they got the wrong guy. By selecting an animal killer, it raises the question of "justice" because an Ourang-Outang will not learn the difference between good and evil. not at all interested in understanding the matter until the man he favored was in danger. In other words, he has his own justice agenda, but he doesn't do it for theoretical reasons like defending the world or safeguarding the law. Neutralizing the question of justice gives Poe more leeway to turn his story into a puzzle. There's no strict lesson to be learned, unless leaving your lights on at three in the morning is a bad thing. The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe @ Classic Reader. Np, and Web. April 1. 2014.