Question

In "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," there are two retired characters who sleep during the day and roam the streets at night. They read about a(n) outré, or strange, incident of two women being horribly mutilated and murdered. In this short story, the readers follow along with several witness accounts of testimony and follow these clues to try to figure out who the murderer is. Sometimes, the evidence is different, but many times, each witness corroborates, or supports, each other's testimonies. The detective character in the story uses the method of the process of elimination to figure out that the perpetrator must have entered or gained ingress through the window. It was also difficult to figure out the mode of descent, or how the perpetrator climbed down the fourth floor window. It took a great deal of physical agility to do this feat. So, with all this and other evidence such as the animal hair, the handprint, and the lack of motive, or rational reason for the murder, the investigator concluded that a(n) orangutan had to do it. The theme of this story is that some people have an amazing ability to figure things out.

Answer 1

The theme of 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' is that some people have an amazing ability to figure things out.

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The theme of the short story 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' is that some people have an amazing ability to figure things out. The detective character in the story uses the method of the process of elimination to figure out that the perpetrator must have entered through the window. Based on various evidence, such as the animal hair, the handprint, and the lack of motive, the investigator concludes that an orangutan is the murderer.