Characters
He is the analytical man who helps investigate the Rue Morgue case.
C. Auguste Dupin
This is the street where the murders happen.
Rue Morgue
This is the relationship between the two victims.
Mother and Daughter
This is the mental ability discussed at the beginning of the story.
Analysis
This is what the witnesses hear before entering the room.
Two voices
He tells the story and becomes Dupin’s friend and housemate.
The Narrator
This is the city where most of the story takes place.
Paris
This makes the room seem impossible to escape from.
Locked from the inside
Describe Dupin using at least 2 adjectives.
[Student answers will vary]
The witnesses hear what exactly?
A voice or voices that could be any language or no language at all.
Who is Alfonso Garcia?
A Spaniard living as a guest in the home where the murders took place.
This is the place where the narrator and Dupin first meet.
Library
This is what the murderer does not take, even though it is found in the room.
Money and valuables (gold and silver items).
This is what Dupin and the narrator both love, which helps create their friendship.
Books
This is what witnesses cannot agree on about the second voice.
What language it is speaking
She is found dead in a shocking and unusual place.
Camille L’Espanaye
This unexpected location reveals how brutal and unusual the crime was. Hint: Someone was stuffed into it with great force.
Fireplace.
This physical detail suggests that the murderer may not be an ordinary human being.
Multiple pitches in the voice.
This is the source where Dupin and the narrator first read about the Rue Morgue murders.
Newspaper
This is why the witness statements make the case more confusing.
Because they contradict one another
He is analytical, intelligent, efficient, etc.
This object seems to make escape impossible, but Dupin examines it carefully.
Window.
This detail about the victims’ injuries suggests that the murderer had extraordinary strength.
The brutal conditions of the body
This is the reason Dupin can explain the narrator’s thoughts before the murder case begins.
Careful observation of his actions and reactions
This detail about the strange voice supports Dupin’s idea that the speaker may not be an ordinary human being. The speaker could be speaking Spanish, French, Italian, or _________.
No one can identify it as a known language. The voice sounds like random noises being made.
Answer = Russian.