To what extent do the detective fiction stories looked at imitate

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To what extent do the detective fiction stories looked at imitate

The Murders in the Rue Morgue in terms of the character and the

creation of tension?

Question: To what extent do the detective fiction stories looked at

imitate 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' in terms of the character and

the creation of tension?

This essay will explain, discuss and examine the effects of Edgar

Allen Poe's 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' had on other authors

writing detective stories during the 19th century. 'The Murders in the

Rue Morgue' was a new kind of story and Edgar Allen Poe had many

authors imitate him. Take Arthur Conan Doyle's detective, Sherlock

Holmes, for example. Holmes quickly became one of the most famous

detectives of that time and his stories were, and still are, loved all

around the world. But not forgetting all of the other detective

writers of that time too.

To an extent, most detective stories of the 19th century have copied

the original aspects of Poe's 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue.' This

essay will examine Poe's influence on his successors.

'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' was one of the first detective stories

ever written. Because of this, Edgar Allen Poe has set a trend for

other detective writers to follow. Poe has used a number different of

'points' in his story to create suspense and tension, which can be

found in other detective stories of that time.

For example, in Dorothy L. Sayers writing about 'The Murders in the

Rue Morgue', she writes that 'The story features a combination of

three typical motifs. The wrongly suspected man . . . . the sealed

death chamber and the solution by unexpected means.' These examples

can all be found in most of Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Sherlock Holme...

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was murdered, Cadogen West, had taken the papers.

In conclusion to this essay, we can see that throughout the stories

that we have read, how often the writers have imitated Poe's original

six points. We can see that the writers have imitated the classic six

points quite well. Some of the stories might not contain all of the

six points, but the points they do contain have all added to the

creation of suspense and tension in the mind of the reader. All of the

writers we have looked at, in one way or another, have all tried, and

successfully incorporated the basic character of Dupin into their own.

It is evident that the most successful story that we have read has to

be 'The Problem of Dressing Room A.' It has included all of the

classic six points that Sayers mentioned about 'The Murders in the Rue

Morgue' and the outré character of the detective.

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