The Pit and the Pendulum Questions on Narrator's Rescue
The Pit and the Pendulum
Narrator's Imprisonment, Experience, and Escape in "The Pit and the Pendulum"
In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum," the narrator is imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition, though his specific crime remains unknown. Initially, he is in a semi-conscious, delirious...
The Pit and the Pendulum
The protagonist's escape and salvation in "The Pit and the Pendulum"
In "The Pit and the Pendulum," the protagonist's escape and salvation occur when he is rescued by General Lasalle and the French army just as he is about to fall into the pit. This intervention...