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What are the symbols of hell, death, and salvation in "The Pit and the Pendulum"?
In Poe's short story "The Pit and the Pendulum."
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The pit represents hell and terror of the unknown, as the narrator describes his near fall into the abyss and his fears at what actually lay at the bottom.
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