Explore the ways in which Poe shows the presence of violence in Murders of the Rue Morgue
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Explore the ways in which Poe shows the presence of violence in Murders of the Rue Morgue Poe explores the themes of violence and violent tendencies in his use of language within the story. In the descriptions of the murders, he uses language such as "besmeared" ("...razor, besmeared with blood"). This is an example of DLC within the text, but the use of the word helps to create an image of large levels of blood which has been spilt, the use of the much more graphic word helps to create a violent image in the