![]() ![]() Two horrific options nearly take his life, all the way messing with this mental state. On the outskirts, it’s just a Gothic tale of a man afraid to die. Once again, before he perishes, he is saved when the Inquisition is over. But when he’s saved, he falls into the pit as the walls begin to close in on him. But the victim finds a way out… in a somewhat ingenious manner. At first, he’s strapped to a wooden table while a pendulum swings from above with a saw, getting lower and lower until it’s nearly about to start ripping into his flesh. ![]() Poe tells the story of a man facing punishment during the Spanish Inquisition, a death like no other. As in the tradition of Poe’s other Gothic and gory tales, this one takes the fear of death to new heights. 3+ of 5 stars to The Pit and the Pendulum, a short story written in 1842, by Edgar Allan Poe. ![]()
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