The answer to this question, is this is something that YOU have to do YOURSELF. It claims that this is your story and that you need to have some fun with it. Basically asking for people to write it for you and then using their stories to answer your question is cheating. Some people on this website are asking for you to explain the answer and help them understand, not just hand the answers to them. I'm sorry if this comes off as rude, but someone could catch you cheating.
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the answer is windpipe but am sure whether u are trying to say "All the following are part of the journey except"
Some of the elements which can be considered to be gothic in "the pit and the pendulum" are darkness, internal struggle, horror and terror experienced by the main character, lack of freedom, torture, etc.