Still others say certain critics are completely nuts. Others think the two men may be brothers, as indicated by the reference Dupin makes to the ancient Greek twins Atreus and Thyestes. Luke, I Am Your Father: Certain critics think D, in "The Purloined Letter", is Dupin's father.Killer Gorilla: The "murderer" in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is, in fact, not a human but an escaped orangutan wielding a razor.In "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", Dupin shows off his general awesomeness by tracking the narrator's train of thought through fifteen minutes of silent walking and several mental topic shifts, and saying exactly the right thing at the end. Dupin is famously capable of responding to his companion's inner monologue, by deducing from body language what he must have been thinking. Inner Monologue Conversation: Probably Trope Maker.The difference between Dupin and the police is that Dupin knows the suspect knows the police know, and the police don't know that. The police know who stole the document the thief knows the police know. I Know You Know I Know: In "The Purloined Letter", Dupin explains that this is the reason he can outwit the police and get his man.Even though they searched under every rug, in every drawer, for loose paperwork in every book, and for hollow hidden compartments in the furniture, the searchers never found it because they didn't bother to consider and look closely at a torn and crumpled letter, clearly visible in a card rack hanging on the mantelpiece. Hidden in Plain Sight: In "The Purloined Letter", a blackmailer's home was searched for an incriminating letter.Great Detective: So much so that Sherlock Holmes was based on him.Poe's own notes about him say the following: Holds the rank of Chevalier (Knight) in the Légion d'honneur.He comes from a wealthy family, although at the time of the stories he has been reduced to a more humble lifestyle. Gratuitous French: In the first story, the occasional french word/phrase is thrown in. And this is a reflection which appears so exceedingly obvious that attempts to controvert it are received more frequently with a derisive smile than with anything like respectful attention. The chance for throwing sixes seems to be precisely as it was at any ordinary time-that is to say, subject only to the influence of the various other throws which may be made by the dice. It does not appear that the two throws which have been completed, and which lie now absolutely in the Past, can have influence upon the throw which exists only in the Future. A suggestion to this effect is usually rejected by the intellect at once. Nothing, for example, is more difficult than to convince the merely general reader that the fact of sixes having been thrown twice in succession by a player at dice, is sufficient cause for betting the largest odds that sixes will not be thrown in the third attempt.
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