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- 1. THE PURLOINED LETTER By Edgar Allen Poe
- 2. Discussion Questions ■ Is The Purloined Letter a successful detective story? Why or Why not? ■ What role does imagination play in the story? At what point do characters appear to be using (or misusing) their imaginations? ■ What are the Prefect’s strengths and weaknesses as a detective? ■ What kind of practical advice does the story seem to offer about reason, logic, and emotion? Does it really seem to be recommending the approach of a combined poet and mathematician? ■ What effect does Poe appear to achieve by telling the story using primarily dialogue instead of action? Why might he choose to tell the story in such a way? ■ Why are the characters not fully developed? Are they supposed to be real characters, or are they simply talking heads that Poe is using to develop ideas?
- 3. Discussion Questions Continued ■ How might Dupin be a reflection of Poe in real life? ■ What Poe symbols did you see in this story? ■ What elements cross over between Poe’s gothic/horror stories and his detective stories? How are these genres similar? How are they different? ■ What might a theme of this story be? (Does not have to be a Poe theme) – justify. ■ Why does everyone in the story seem so uninterested in what the letter actually contains? Is there any good reason to assume that the scandal is sexual in nature?
- 4. After watching… ■ Compare and Contrast Poe’s The Purloined Letter and Wishbone’s The Pawloined Letter. ■ What similarities did these two stories have? – Why was it important that these details were the same? ■ What differences did they have? – How did these differences affect, change (positively or negatively), impact your interpretation and/or understanding of the story? ■ How effective was Wishbone at making a comparison between Poe’s original work and the situation with Joe? ■ Synthesize a theme that is applicable to both versions of this story as shown through the video. ■ Which version did a better job at conveying meaning, purpose, and message? Support your thought with specific examples.