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Unit4Thestolenletter

BasedonstorybyEdgarAllanPoe江苏省如东高级中学蔡平ThestolenletterAbouttheauthorHewasthe_________ofthedetectivestories.HewasbornonJanuary19,______,inBoston,Massachusetts.HisParentsbothstrugglingactors,diedwhenhewasonlythreeyearsold.Andhediedin_______.father18491809Thecharacters/figuresThestolenletteristoldfromthefirst-personpointofviewbyanunnamednarrator.HeisafriendofDupin.Alltheactionsareseenandtoldthroughtheeyesof“I”.

C.AugusteDupinwasafamousdetectiveinParis.Mr.GermainwasthechiefoftheParisPolice,whowasanoldaquaintanceofC.AugusteDupin.Hehadreceivedacaseonastolenletterthatithadbeengivinghimagreatdealoftrouble.MinsterDantonisoneofthemostpowerfulandimportantministersinthegovernment.Hehadstolentheimportantletterfromtheking.1.Accordingtothechief,whostoletheletter?

Accordingtothechief,MinisterDanton,oneofthemostpowerfulandimportantministersinthegovernment,stoletheletter.

2.Fromwherewastheletterstolen?

Theletterwasstolenfromtheking.

3.Whatwasthefirstthingthatthechiefdidtolookfortheletter?

ThefirstthingthatthechiefdidtolookfortheletterwastosearchtheMinister’shouse.Theplot

4.HowmuchwasthecheckthatthechiefgaveDupin?

ThecheckthatthechiefgaveDupinwas50thousandfrancs.5.Whycouldn’tGermainandhispolicemenfindtheletter?

Germainandhispolicemencouldnotfindtheletter,becausetheydidnottrytounderstandthemindofthemanwhostoleit.

6.WheredidtheMinisterputtheletter?

TheMinisterputtheletteronacardboardletterholderonawoodenshelfoverfireplace

7.WhydidtheMinisterrushtothewindow?

TheMinisterrushedtothewindowbecausetheyheardloudshots

8:WhatdidDupindowhentheMinisterwaslookingoutsideofthewindow?Quickly,Isteppedtotheshelfandputtheletterinmypocket.ThenIreplaceditwithaletterthatlookedexactlylikeit,whichIhadtakenwithme.Ihadmadeitthenightbefore.

9.WhydidDupinreplacetheletterinsteadofgrabbingitandranaway?

Dantonisadangerousmanandhasmanyloyalservants.Ifhehadtakentheletter,hemightneverhavelefthisapartmentalive.ThepeopleofParismightneverhaveseenhimagain."

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