Sexuality and `The Purloined Letter`

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A Critique of Edgar Allan Poe 's Short Story The Purloined Letter

Edgar All Poe 's short story , The Purloined Letter ' is basically a detective story like his past work , The Murders in the Rue Morgue However , unlike his other detective stories , this one significantly deviates from the action-based and intense plot to come up with a story that is intellectually-driven and uses non-conventional crime solving methods . This is already evident right at the beginning of the story where the narrator recounts

the events of The Murders in the Rue Morgue ' with his friend C . Auguste Dupin , who also solved the case in question

During their conversation , the prefect of police , Monsieur G arrives and seeks the help of Dupin regarding an unsolved case in which a letter which is believed to contain valuable information against a powerful individual , is stolen from a young lady by Minister D , who is an important government official . Meaning to say , right from the start , the main plot revolves around solving the case of a simple lost letter unlike action-paced detective stories . In fact the title itself , which simply means the stolen letter ' already indicates that it would involve a non-conventional detective plot . In other words , Poe , in this story , heavily explores the psychological aspects of crime-solving but without the presence of actual theories

As mentioned above , the main evidence that shows that the story turns away from the action common in detective stories...