Name: The Pit and The Pendulum Symbol Analysis - The Pit and The Pendulum Symbol Analysis In the short story “The Pit and the Pendulum” Edgar Allan Poe uses a
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The Pit and The Pendulum Symbol AnalysisIn the short story “The Pit and the Pendulum” Edgar Allan Poe uses a pendulum bladeas a symbol of time. Right after the narrator is drugged, he is tied up and is faced with a deadlysituation of a pendulum swinging closer to him. The text states, “The sweep of the pendulumhad increased in extent by nearly a yard” (Poe 57). This quote reveals that the pendulum is asymbol of time; As long as the pendulum is swinging, the protagonist’s time to live is becomingshorter and closer to death. Another interpretation of what it symbolizes is the threat of death.The pendulum creates

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