Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: C. Auguste Dupin anowanzozivikanwa somutsvakurudzi wokutanga munyaya dzokufungidzira. Hunhu uhwu hwakashanda semuenzaniso wevakawanda vakasikwa gare gare, kusanganisira Sherlock Holmes naArthur Conan Doyle naHercule Poirot naAgatha Christie. Conan Doyle akambonyora kuti, "Mumwe nomumwe [wenhau dzoudzori hwaPoe] itsime kubva kwariri mabhuku ose akakurira... Nderipi raiva nhoroondo yetsvakurudzo kutozosvikira Poe adururira mweya woupenyu mairi?"Zvakawanda zvaizova zvakajairika munyaya dzetsvakurudzo dzetsvakurudzo zvakatanga kuoneka munhau dzaPoe: mutikitivha asina kujairika asi akajeka, mapurisa asina kujeka, kurondedzera kwomunhu wokutanga neshamwari yepedyo yomunhu oga. Dupin anotangawo kutaura nyaya apo mutikitivha anozivisa mhinduro yake uye ipapo anotsanangura kufunga kunotungamirira kwairi. Kufanana naSherlock Holmes, Dupin anoshandisa unyanzvi hwake hwokufunga uye hwokucherechedza kuti apedze mhaka. Poe anoratidzirawo mapurisa nenzira isinganzwisisike sechirudzi chekupokana kune mutikitivha. Hunhu hwacho hwakabatsira kumisikidza rudzi rwekunyepedzera fungidziro, yakasiyana neyakavanzika fungidziro, nekusimbisa pakuongorora uye kwete kuyedza-uye-kukanganisa. Brander Matthews akanyora kuti: "Nyaya yechokwadi yomutsvakurudzi sezvakaifungidzirwa naPoe haisi muchakavanzika ichocho, asi panzvimbo pezvo mumatanho anotevedzana ayo mucherekedzi anoongorora anobvumidzwa kupedza chinetso icho chingarambwa sechiri kunze kwokujekeswa kwavanhu". Kutaura zvazviri, munhau nhatu dzinotambwa naDupin, Poe akagadzira mhando nhatu dzezvenhau dzekuferefetwa idzo dzakagadza muenzaniso wenhau dzese dzeramangwana: rudzi rwemuviri ("The Murders in the Rue Morgue"), rwepfungwa ("The Mystery of Marie Rogêt"), uye shanduro yakaenzana yezvose ("The Purloined Letter"). Fyodor Dostoevsky akadana Poe "munyori ane tarenda rakakura" uye akaongorora zvakanaka nyaya dzekuferefetwa dzaPoe. Hunhu hwaPorfiry Petrovich mubhuku raDostoevsky rinonzi Crime and Punishment hwakapesvedzerwa naDupin.  Mubvunzo: Ndiani akaita basa rokutanga romupurisa munhau dzaPoe?
C. Auguste Dupin