Perhaps the importance of that mysterious something, that unsaid something recommended by Poe and so often used in literature, is more illusory than real. That is to say: it does not matter whether the message of a work is presented directly or obliquely, what matters is how much it impacts and how much it is able to make one think. It is true that, when a work ends by leaving the conclusion under a shadow, it seems that the author is urging us to sketch it out for ourselves. It is also common for us to have the feeling that such an ending contains something profound, even if it is only an impression. However, there are works whose message impacts us with such violence that it entrenches itself in us never to leave us again—and these would often lose their force if they did not say what they say in a way that is impossible for us to misinterpret.