I enjoyed reading Poe’s 1842 short story, “‘The Mystery of Marie Roget’ : A Sequel to ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’”. At first, it was a little confusing as to what was going on with the mysterious and dark undertone of the writing; however, we were slowly introduced to the characters and details regarding the murder of Marie Roget though the unnamed narrator. By having the story told through the eyes of the unnamed narrator, I almost felt as if I was deliberately detached from the story he was describing.
The detective, Dupin, used a clever tactic to gather information about the murder, by reading the various newspaper reports, such as L’Etoile, Le Commerceil, and the Le Soleil, which all had varying opinions about the discovery of Roget’s body in the Seine. It was hard to gather truthful evidence in this case, which I found interesting because the officers were offering a huge reward for any information that anyone had.
Eventually, even though there were several suspects, and many loose ends, Dupin was able to use reason to determine that it was a single murderer who dragged Mme Roget’s body across the woods and eventually dump her into the river. Dupin’s character was great, as he was able to look at the case without any emotional attachment. He went beyond the violence of the crime to pick up the details that remained as evidence. This is true detective work!
In one part of the story, Dupin discussed how this case was “a far more intricate case than that of the Rue Morgue; from which it differs in one important respect. This is an ordinary, although an atrocious, instance of crime. There is nothing peculiarly outre about it”. I thought it was ironic how he claimed the case was ordinary, thus was considered easy to solve, and unnecessary to offer a reward… especially, since this story was based off of the murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers, which still remains an unsolved murder case in
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