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Course Hero. "The Pit and the Pendulum Study Guide." May 17, 2017. Accessed July 20, 2018. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/The-Pit-and-the-Pendulum/.
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Overview
Author
Edgar Allan Poe
Year Published
1842
Type
Short Story
Genre
Horror
Perspective and Narrator
"The Pit and the Pendulum" is told in retrospect by a first-person narrator. This narrative choice provides readers with a sensory experience of events.
Tense
The events of "The Pit and the Pendulum" are told in the past tense.
About the Title
The alliterative title "The Pit and the Pendulum" names the two major sources of potential death—the pit and the pendulum—for the narrator, who is confined to a dark cell for the entire story.
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