The Murders in the Rue Morgue Study Guide

This story begins with an epigraph from Sir Thomas Browne: "What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, although puzzling questions, are not beyond conjecture." In other words, no mystery, no matter how unsolvable it may seem, is beyond solving. This sentiment is definitely true of the murders that occur in the Rue Morgue. (read more)