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in the Rue Morgue  The Murders in the Rue Morgue   by Edgar
Allan Poe  Analysis: Plot Analysis   Before we launch into our
plot analysis, we just want to say that the layout of "The
Murders in the Rue Morgue" is unconventional. It's more like a
mathematical proof than anything else. There's an equation to
start out with, where analytical + imaginative mind is greater
than analytical mind (A + I > A). And then there are two proofs.
There is first a minor one, where Dupin guesses what the
narrator is thinking after several minutes of silence. But then
there is a major proof, where Dupin solves a horrible double
murder that has baffled everybody else. Because "The Murders in
the Rue Morgue" has those killings in the title, we've decided
to focus on that plot line, but check out our "In a Nutshell"
section and "Character Analysis" of Dupin for more on the
story's long introduction.  Initial Situation  The narrator and
Dupin read about a pair of "Extr