An anaylisis of the "Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar allan Poe.

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The storie is set in Spain. A poor man is being sentenced to death. The man doesen't even question his innocence. This maybe because the Spanish torchered those who did not to admit to crimes, even if they didn't commit them. The man is condemed to darkness. Darkness evokes feelings of anxiety, but under these circumstances I would think absolute terror. The tomb is dark and only by an accident does the cictum escape the …

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…clue that the iron walls were getting hotter, and he was forced to shield himself from the heat. Not only that, but the room's dimensions shifted to a "lozenge" (diamond) shape, that forced him to the center. The walls pushed closer still forcing him to the brink of the pit. T It is fortunet that the man escaped but the horror that he was put through will haunt him for the rest of his life