Myresha EllisMr. GriggsEnglish 1002, CRN 605021 April 2014Observe to SolveThe Murders in the Rue Morgue is a mysterious story written by Edgar Allan Poe. This is a shocking and drastic murder of a woman, Madame L'Espany, and her daughter, Mademouiselle Camille L'Espany. In the story, the police look at the obvious and don't bother to really dig deep to look at the situation, but they arrest the clerk, Adolphe Le Bon, because he is the last to see them alive. This shows that even small things must be taken into consideration when it comes to justifying and judging a crime. The story has many characters, but the main ones are: Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin, the narrator, the prefect of police, the sailor and the orang-utang. Some minors are: Madame L'Espany, Mademouiselle Camille L'Espany, Adolphe Le Bon, Jules Mignaud, etc. At first it was thought that the crime was committed by an insider because the windows were closed from the inside and nailed, the doors were closed from the inside, there was a trap door nailed down, no one could climb the wall and the only person who was ever up there was Adolphe. Dupin interposed: "We must not judge the means," said Dupin, "by this shell of scrutiny. The Paris police, so vaunted for their acumen, are cunning, but nothing more. There is no method in their proceedings, at beyond the method of the moment. They are a vast array of measures but, not infrequently, they are so inadequate to the proposed purposes that they bring to mind Monsieur Jourdain's request for his robe-de-chambre - pour mieux musique. The results achieved by them are not infrequently surprising, but, for the most part, they are achieved with simple diligence and activity When these qu...... middle of paper ......, creative and balanced. He examines the police work and explains that they got the wrong person. Selecting an animal killer raises the question of "justice" because an Ourang-Outang will not learn the difference between right and wrong is not at all interested in understanding the case until a guy he does a favor for is not in danger, he has his own agenda of righteousness, but he doesn't do it for theoretical reasons like defending the world or safeguarding the law. Neutralizing the issue of justice gives Poe more freedom to turn his story into a puzzle. There's no clear lesson to be learned, unless leaving the lights on at three in the morning is wrong. Cited page of the work "The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe". The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe @ Classic Reader. Np, nd Web. 01 April. 2014.