Poe's Man In The Crowd: Types Of People Based On Appearance

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possibility of these crimes is introduced through the man of the
crowd through his unseemingly unidentifiable expression The narrator describes
his thoughts of this man as:

There arose confusedly and paradoxically within my mind, the ideas of vast
mental power, of caution, of penuriousness, of avarice, of coolness, of malice,
of blood-thirtstiness, of triumph, of merriment, of excessive terror, of intense
- of supreme despair. I felt singularly aroused, startled, fascinated. “How
wild a history,” I said to myself, “is written within that bosom!”

Although the narrator had never spoken to this man of the crowd, he was
compelled to follow him based on his expression that had never been viewed by
the narrator. He continued to follow the man of the crowd, noticing his
patterns of following people by the mass and his shambled cloting and he
concluded that he “[was] the type and genious of deep crime. He refuses to be
alone.”

Prior to viewing the man of the crowd, the narrator ...

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their own business. These men's
professions were also identified as noblemen, merchants, attorneys, tradesmen,
and stock-jobbers through their actions and body language.
Clerks were other individuals who were able to be recognized through
their outward appearances. The “junior” clerks were “young gentlemen with tight
coats, bright boots, well - oiled hair, and supercilious lips.” They were also
perceived as frequently working at desks and it was concluded that they “were
the cast - off graces of the gentry.” These men appear to be well groomed and
wearing the latest fashions. They are trying to impress others and the “deskism”
described by the narrator shows that they are ...

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