The answer is cause and effect
Well h<span>e uses effective imagery throughout his stories. He describes the objects in the settings and their importance. He often emphasizes on what they symbolize as well. For example, in The Pit and the Pendulum, the candles melting in the cell represent the prisoner's hope of survival which also diminish. The pendulum, like the pendulums in grandfather clocks, represents a symbol of death.
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