Edgar Allan Poe was a writer during the 1800’s and was well – known for his poems and short stories (biography.com editors). With his use of horror and mystery, Poe was the father of the detective fiction story (biography.com editors). In many of his short…
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“When you make a choice, you also choose the consequence.” Everyday we make choices, but the outcome of those choices may be good or bad depending on the situations we are in. The Pit and The Pendulum tells a story about consequences to make the…
Do you really think that you know what suffrage or torture is? If you think that you know what it means to suffer or what a bad torture is, that means that you have not read the story The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar…
The short story of “The Pit and the Pendulum”, written by Edgar Allan Poe, is a horror story about a man who is imprisoned during the Spanish Inquisition, and undergoes means of torture which he struggles to escape from but is rescued in the end…
Is it possible for a tale of a black bird and a tale of a death sentence to be at all similar? One can clearly find the answer to this question in Edgar Allen Poes The Pit and the Pendulum and The Raven. In both…
Down in the Pit “The Pit and the Pendulum” by Edger Allan Poe is a thrilling story about life in a dark pit or cell. This story shows that life isn’t always great and the only thing that can save man from hell is god….
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Author
Edgar Allan Poe
Country
United States
Original language
English
Genre
Horror, Short story
Publication date
1842
Plot
The main character, the narrator, was sentenced to death by the Spanish Inquisition. He finds himself in a dark cell, in danger of falling to his death into a pit in the centre of that cell.
