Then the mere consciousness of exis-tence, without thoughta condition which lasted long. Then again sound, and motion, and toucha tingling sensation pervading my frame.
The themes are easy to pick out only because the story is so well developed. The Pit and the Pendulum By Edgar Allan Poe of its beating.
The irony in the story oozes out of every word. The stark details of the story suggest its universal theme. Edgar Allan Poe had a life that made him portray characters as feeling weak or weary. He always keeps the reader interested through the suspense of the plot. Poe's story is both a fictional account of one of people's worst nightmares and an allegory of the most basic human dilemma. “The Pit and the Pendulum” by Edgar Allan Poe proves to be outstanding in all perspectives of settings. In conclusion, Poe does an impeccable job at developing the themes of terror and cruelty by truly including the reader in every aspect of the story. The sick recognition of irony supports themes such as terror and cruelty by showing how the character succeeds only to fail, just to be saved in the end. For example, “when the motion of the hellish machine stopped and I beheld it prepared, by some invisible force … My every movement was undoubtedly watched.įree!- I had but escaped death in one form of agony, to be delivered unto worse…” However, when he gives up all hope at the end of the story, he is surprised to have been saved by General Lasalle. It is all too ironic the truth that regardless of all the character’s best efforts to conserve himself, he stops working because the enemy exists to restrain them. What could be more frightening? The structure up of the plot promotes the style, terror, by having the primary character make the supreme choice. The walls are closing in on him, forcing him to either delve into the pit or get crushed to death.
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