Character
This brilliant detective solves the mystery in the story.
Who is C. Auguste Dupin?
The narrator meets Dupin in this city.
What is Paris?
The country where the story takes place.
What is France?
This theme is highlighted by Dupin’s methodical reasoning.
What is logic or rationality?
The true murderer in the story.
What is an orangutan?
He narrates the story and is a close friend of the detective.
Who is the unnamed narrator?
The victims are found in this specific room.
What is a locked fourth-floor room in their house?
The time period the story is set in.
What is the 19th century?
The brutal murder scene contrasts with this deeper theme.
What is the power of human intellect?
This profession is held by the orangutan's owner.
What is a sailor?
These two women are the unfortunate victims of the crime.
Who are Madame L’Espanaye and her daughter Camille?
This type of evidence helped Dupin crack the case.
What are eyewitness testimonies (especially about the strange voices)?
The locked-room mystery takes place in this part of Paris.
What is the Rue Morgue?
This wild animal symbolizes unpredictability and primal violence.
What is the orangutan?
The orangutan gains access to the house using this item.
What is a shaving razor or straight razor?
This man is initially arrested for the murder.
Who is Adolphe Le Bon?
This object is found in the chimney and contributes to the mystery.
What is the daughter’s body?
The story begins with a discussion about this type of analysis.
What is analytical reasoning?
Poe’s story is considered the first example of this literary genre.
What is detective fiction?
Dupin deduced the killer was non-human based on this clue.
What is the inhuman strength and the strange handprint?
This person puts the clues together to prove Le Bon’s innocence.
Who is Dupin?
Dupin places this ad in the paper to lure the real suspect’s owner.
What is a notice about a found orangutan?
Dupin and the narrator share this kind of living arrangement.
What is a shared apartment or residence?
The way the witnesses describe the voice reflects this idea.
What is the unreliability of perception?
The story ends with this man’s release from prison.
Who is Adolphe Le Bon?