Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer born in 1809 in Boston. He is known for his works of mystery and horror, including "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Fall of the House of Usher." The story describes the investigation by detective Dupin into the death of Marie Roget, whose body was found in the Seine River in Paris. Dupin uses clues like a sailor's knot around her neck and evidence she was dragged from a boat to determine that Marie's lover, a sailor, was responsible for her murder before escaping by boat.

1. BY EDGAR ALLAN POE

2.  Born on January 19, 1809, in Boston,
Massachusetts, writer, poet, critic, and editor
Edgar Allan Poe's tales of mystery and horror
gave birth to the modern detective story and
many of his works, including “The Tell-Tale
Heart” and “The Fall of the House of Usher,”
became literary classics. "The Raven," which
he published in 1845, is considered among
the best-known poems in American
literature.
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3.  This story is about a beautiful girl. Her name
was Marie Roget; she had a boyfriend, and
she lived with her mother in a small town. She
was found death in the Seina River in Paris.
Dupin who was a famous detective started to
investigate about that crime, and he found
some importants clues such us that Marie had
a sailor knot in her neck,also that Marie was
dragged to the river and then threw away into
the river from a boat. And also that she had a
lover, he was a sailor.

4.  Those clues guided Dupin to find the killer.
And he discovered that the killer was his
lover, the sailor. But the sailor scaped, he
could not be caught. The sailor took the boat
and went away, so Dupin said that the boat
was going to guide them to find him.

5.  Direct: marie roget
 Indirect: Marie´s boyfriend, Marie´s mother,
Agustin Dupin and the children, the narrator.
Mounsier Le Blanc
 Setting: Paris in 1800
 Plot: the main idea of this story is that Marie
Roget who was a beautiful and young girl
dissapeared; nobody knew the reason or where
she was. This story is based on suspense because
during the story nobody knew who was the
responsible of the crime.

6.  External conflict: Marie's murder.
 Internal conflict: Dupin investigated what happened
to Marie.
 Exposition: Marie Roget: beautiful and young girl she
was 22 years old.
 Rising action: when the children who were playing
near the river discovered many things which were
from Marie.
 Climax: when some men found Marie's body floating
on the river.

7.  Resolution: when Dupin discovered the
responsible of the crime.
 Point of view: 1º person
 THEMES
 Suspense
 Love
 Violence