YO Poe kinda lit tho 9/7

I thought I had read the Murders of the Rue Morgue previously, but reading it this time it felt fresh and new, so maybe I haven’t. Either way that orangutan threw me for a loop. Dupin and Holmes are very similar, and Poe’s mysteries proved to be quite interesting and strange. The orangutan at the end of the Murders of the Rue Morgue was quite a shock, I was certainly not expecting that (but whatever you gotta do to keep the readers interested amiright?). At the beginning of the Murders of the Rue Morgue I must say that Dupin’s cold logic was almost frightening, and I almost began worrying what would become of the narrator (this is a Poe story), but it soon became clear that Dupin was simply a cold logician who takes pleasure in solving problems involving the human “soul.” While Dupin’s ability to see into his friend’s soul and conversate with the narrator’s thoughts borders the supernatural, I think it is still possible. To me this point seemed like finishing a good friend’s sentences. If you know someone well enough you can read into their thoughts, and this appeared to be exactly what Dupin did.

The violence of Poe was quite present in this story, as the cold murder of the women and her daughter was really quite depressing. Death seems to be quite present in Doyle’s works towards the end, and everywhere in Poe’s life and works, so that’s another similarity. Also, Dupin’s ability to measure people’s intellectual capacity and thus judge their future actions is another similarity he has to Holmes. This aspect gives the Holmes and Dupin a God-like vibe. Their intellect is so superior that they can predict what normal individuals will do next, in the same way that God knows the future because he is omniscient. Furthermore, the addition of the minister to the Purloined letter is reminiscent of Moriarty and Holmes, where direct confrontation often does not take place, but the two are always against each other in analytical battles. In this case Dupin took the victory, and the unnamed minister took the L. Another thing that adds to the deity aspect is the fact that the name of the minister was blocked out, and it started with a “G.” This reminded me of the Jewish tradition to never spell out “God” in writing, or to use His actual holy name. Lastly, the “even, odd” schoolboy scenario presented was one I found to be scintillating. I have heard of individuals that implement this logic when playing rock, paper, scissors, or other rudimentary games that require no actual skill to play. Nevertheless, when playing one usually must guess what the opponent will do next and counter. I remember myself guessing the opponent’s next mode of action based upon an assumption of their intellectual capability. I think this method of deducing people’s actions can become advantageous if honed to mastery, and to me that is rather exciting. I think this is what takes place in the first episode of Sherlock, where a man wins a suicide game every time by determining whether or not someone is making “a bluff, a double bluff, a triple bluff, etc.” All in all I was intrigued and entertained by Poe’s stories, they were kinda lit.