Question

Identify an example of dramatic irony in "The Pit and the Pendulum".

Answer 1

So people would expect the main character to die since he is always being tortured but he always get saved by General LaSalle 

Answer 2

In the story, "The Pit and the Pendulum," The narrator constantly tries to save himself, but he never does and eventually gives up. As soon as he gives up on saving himself, someone else saves him instead. This would be situational irony where a situation turns out differently then as expected. 

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