Question

Why does poe include this description of the narrator's feelings about the darkness?

Answer 1

Poe contributes to the claustrophobic atmosphere and a sense of the narrator's extreme terror and discomfort by having the narrator describe the darkness as a force that physically affects him.

• Imagine knowing that others are enjoying your misery as you approach death, as if knowing that you are about to die wasn't enough. In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum," the narrator not only has cause to believe that others are watching him, but he also has no idea where he is or how he will die, only that he would probably be tormented before being put to death. The novel is set during the Spanish Inquisition, a time when anyone who disagreed with the Catholic Church were frequently tried in public and put to death in the most horrifying methods.
• Following his trial, the narrator passes out and wakes up alone in a dark room. He tries to investigate the room in the dark, but the slimy, slick floors make it difficult. He notices that the area is filled with ravenous rats, a deep hole in the middle, and a sharp pendulum falling from the roof. The fact that the fiery walls are beginning to encircle him just makes matters worse. In this short fiction, the author uses the images of the pit, pendulum, and Father Time to explore ideas about death, time, and terror.

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