Compare Edgar Allan Poe’s The Mystery of Marie Roget to Rick Geary’s The Mystery of Mary Rogers. Consider how each author has chosen to present Mary Rogers’ story and describe each work briefly.
Consider stylistic features like tone, mood, form, and type of storytelling. Why do you think each writer chose to use a certain type of presentation?
Where and when were they created? Who do you think the intended audience for each work might be? Consider time period and cultural context: how would these works be understood in the 19th century (Poe) vs the 20th century (Geary)?
Do the two texts agree on certain ideas about Mary Rogers? Do they disagree? If so, in what way? Do they come to similar or different conclusions about her fate? Is one work more effective or “better” than the other? In what way?