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
This is one of the games mentioned when the narrator explains analytical thinking.
Chess
The witnesses hear loud sounds coming from this part of the house.
Fourth floor
He is arrested by the police, although Dupin believes he may be innocent.
Adolphe Le Bon
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
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.
Chimney
This physical detail suggests that the murderer may not be an ordinary human being.
Non-human hair
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 connected to the strange animal that may explain the murders.
The Sailor
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.
No one can identify it as a known language