Question

Identify and discuss Poe's use of symbols in the story. Include the rat, candles, pendulum, pit and any other symbols you discover (perhaps the surcingle/straps).

(The Pit and The Pendulum)

Answer 1

Symbols of Terror: Poe's use of various symbols demonstrates the violence and terror imposed by the Spanish Inquisition: the extinguished white candles. demonstrate hopelessness; the grotesque and terrifying pendulum represents the unceasing passage of time; the steaming, glowing pit symbolizes hell; the moving wall ...

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