The Murders in the Rue Morgue Characters

We're not knocking on Poe's genius by admitting that Dupin isn't fully fleshed out as a character. After all, he's not really meant to be a rounded character. He's most notable for the role he play...

The narrator seems to be a fairly empty character. We don't know the guy's name or where he comes from (although we do know he's not a native of Paris). In fact – is the narrator really a per...

This guy isn't a full-fledged character either. We think he's worth including here, though, because he's the only person in the "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" besides Dupin and the narrator who ge...

We're just given a few lines to this guy because he doesn't have a name or even a single line of dialogue in the story. What's interesting about him is that he's a foil, or point of contrast, to Du...

What's the ape all about? Why spend an entire story detecting the activities of an animal that can't be held accountable for its actions? We're not sure if there's an easy answer to this question,...