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Gloria Pearce
English 1302
11/28/2017
“The Pit and the Pendulum”
By
Edgar Allan Poe
“The Pit and the Pendulum” is a short story that was written by Edgar Allan Poe. The author narrates a horror story involving torture and a choice between death and life. It was first published in the year 1842. The short story is mainly about the prisoners who endured the Spanish Inquisition where the author skews the historical facts. It took place between the year 1486 and the year 1492. The non-Catholics were tortured, imprisoned and killed for going against the beliefs of the Catholic. In this paper, I will be critically analyzing the “The Pit and the Pendulum” story by Edgar Allan Poe. There is no Thesis Statement here.
The Spanish Inquisition was established in the year 1478 where prisoners were brutally tortured and killed. Poe describes the experience of being tortured and the torments that were endured. I consider “The Pit and the Pendulum” to be effective because especially in inspiring fear to the readers as the author has managed to emphasize the reality of the religious persecutions. The prisoners were in pathetic conditions where they could at some point think that they were locked in a tomb but not a cell. According to the author, the operations of Spanish inquisition were brutal where they were aimed at torturing and killing.
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During the time religious persecution was high that led to torture and death of many non-Catholics. The narrator of the story starts by suggesting that he is suffering from the death anxiety. The realism of the story is being enhanced by the reporting sensations focus of Poe. For example, the narrator is shown as a subject of starvation and thirst where rats are swarming him.
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The narrator of “The Pit and the Pendulum” make use of the first-person narration. This helps in describing the torture and emphasizing the traumatizing events during the Spanish Inquisition. The setting of the story is in Toledo, Spain that took place in the late 1400s when the religious persecutions were experienced. Besides, the setting involves judges who are in front to determine the narrator’s faith. The narrator’s religious beliefs are being tried.
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The narrator of “The Pit and the Pendulum” story seems to be unaware of reasons for being in the front of the judges. However, the narrator thinks he is in the front of the judges mainly because of religious beliefs, but he seems not to care about the Catholic belief. According to the author, prisoners were being sentenced to death imprisonment. The intext reference to primary source is not quoted and cited correctly. The prisoners were tortured during the Spanish Inquisition to death. The narrator becomes sick where he is shown losing senses of the words of the judges. This makes the narrator feel that everything around him was darkening where he immediately passes out while in front of the judges.
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The narrator of the story could only see darkness around where he became disoriented. At some point, he could think that he was already dead and starts to explore the area. The floor in the room was stony and damp. The walls of the room were cold and slimy. In the process of exploring the narrator made use of a piece of cloth to measure the room by counting the paces. The slippery floor made him fall after he had just measured fifty paces. He realized that he was almost falling into a pit and tried to measure more paces, but he passed out because of being exhausted.
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“The Pit and the Pendulum” story emphasizes on thirty and starvation. However, the narrator of the story, at last, discovers water and food hence bringing starvation and thirsty into an end. I consider the emphasis used by the narrator as an important tool in making the reader understand the suffering that was taking place. The narrator finally discovers that he was drugged and passed out where he woke up just to realize he was tied. I think the author makes use of the narrations to make the reader develop the struggle feeling and instill fear.
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The aspect of time seems to be an important part of “The Pit and the Pendulum” story. For example, the narrator develops a vision of time by comparing it with a pendulum that moves back and forth. Quote does not have a signal phrase. A hissing sound is being produced by the pendulum as it moves slowly while swinging with a razor blade descending closer as it swings. The razor blade comes near the chest ready to open it as the swinging of the pendulum continues while the tormenters stared at him with demon eyes.
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The narrator seems to be in a situation of life or death where he used his witty to get out of the problem. For example, he makes use of the rats to free his arm instead of scaring them away. The intext reference to primary source is not quoted and cited correctly. He puts food on the rope for then rats to chew it as they eat the food. Quote does not have a signal phrase. The intext reference to primary source is not quoted and cited correctly This communicates that the narrator was creative as he used the rats to free himself. The rats started chewing the rope to a point where the rope was broken hence helping the narrator to be free. The narrator is free at last and decided to give the tormentors a very quick smirk. The intext reference to primary source is not quoted and cited correctly. Unfortunately, the walls got hot because of fire making the walls push him close to the pit. The narrator increases the feelings of the reader by pointing out that he had to decide on how to die. The intext reference to primary source is not quoted and cited correctly. He had a choice between falling into the pit and burning in the fire. However, a hand of General Lasalle grabs the narrator before the narrator starts to faint as the army was in control of Toledo. The end of the story leaves the reader with many questions concerning the life of the narrator afterward.
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Poe managed to narrate a story that affected the feelings of the reader. Terror seems to dominate “The Pit and the Pendulum” story where the narrator describes his experience. The Protestants were persecuted for failing to adhere to the Catholic beliefs. I think the author was making use of personal vengeance to instill fear in the reader by explaining the terror that was taking place. “The Pit and the Pendulum” is one of the best short stories that are interesting despite the fact that it makes some readers terrified.
Works Cited
http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.libproxy.lamar.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=1&sid=3ec5c2dc-1956-4918-9188-805d57b71551%40sessionmgr104&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=33380414&db=lfh
Need to have author’s full name (last name first, first name last), title of article, and year published on each of the sources listed above. You also need at least 4 secondary sources and 1 primary source for a total of 5 sources. Consider copy and pasting from your working bibliography.
1. On your peer’s paper:
a. Using the highlighting function, highlight in pink what you believe to be the thesis statement in the introduction. Remember that the thesis should be a provable argument based on the literary topic chosen and should not be the same thesis as used in the second essay. Make any comments you feel necessary to improve thesis here: There is no thesis statement. Although you stated that you would give an analysis, stating such does not suffice for a thesis statement. A thesis statement should be a provable argument based on the literary topic chosen.
b. Now also highlight in yellow the main points of support for the thesis statement – the topic sentences. Each topic should be supported with two secondary sources and the primary source. Highlight in green the primary and secondary sources that support the topic. Just highlight them the first time they are used. This means that for every time there is a yellow highlighted topic, three green highlights should follow before the next yellow topic is highlighted. If not, then the author of the paper will know there is a problem.
c. As you read through the paper, look for the following. If you see any of the things in this list, highlight them in light blue.
i. Any form of the word YOU
ii. Clichés
iii. Quotes that are not immediately followed by an in-text citation
iv. Quotes that do not have a signal phrase
v. Any in-text citation that is not done correctly
vi. Any source not introduced the first time it is used with the title of article and the author’s first and last name
d. Now answer each of these questions:
i. Does any part of this paper focus more on using the primary source? If so, where in the paper does that occur? The focus of the primary source is used throughout the entire paper.
ii. What do you feel needs the most improvement on this paper? (Please do not respond with I think this paper is great. All papers can be improved! Find something concrete.) This paper does not follow the research paper guidelines proposed in the class course packet. This is an analysis, not a proposed argument. The length of the paper is shorter than the minimum length required. The entire paper only has focus on the primary source and has no secondary sources. Throughout the paper, not only are the references to the primary source not quoted and cited correctly but many mentions are not quoted and cited at all. Perhaps when written correctly, following all the guidelines of a research paper, the writer will benefit from effective feedback. Due to so many elements missing in the paper; I could not give constructive feedback.
iii. What grammar mistakes stand out the most to you? Think especially about sentence structure errors. Could you easily flow through the reading or did awkward sentences and grammar hold you back? If sentence structure was fine, what other errors did you notice? The grammar and sentence structure were fine. There were a few misspelled words, but I was able to flow through the paper fine.
iv. Does this paper meet MLA proper format – margins, spacing, heading, title, font, in-text citations? No. There are a lot of paragraphs without indentions, incorrect quoting, and no citations.
v. Is the works cited page correct? Is every source listed on the works cited page used in the paper (an in-text citation)? Highlight in pink any errors you notice on the works cited page. The work cited is incorrect and not used in the paper.
vi. List any other MLA formatting errors here: The work cited is not formatted properly, has no author names, and no article titles
2. Once you have finished answering these questions, write a brief paragraph about what you liked most about this paper, and what you feel the student needs to do to improve the paper overall. Then type your name at the end of the paragraph.
Hi Bradley,
I enjoyed your analysis on Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Pit and The Pendulum” and I like your insight on the view of the narrator. However, when writing a research paper be sure to focus on defending a “proposed argument” (thesis) and give just an analysis. The length of the paper is a little bit shorter than the minimum length required. Make sure the length of the paper is at least 6-8 pages, not including work cited. The entire paper only has focus on the primary source and has no secondary sources for support. Throughout the paper there are references to the primary source that are not quoted and cited correctly. If you reference parts of the story (primary source), be sure to quote it and then cite it. Also, your work cited is wrong. Consider copying and pasting the sources from our previous “working bibliography” assignment, this would be much easier. There were a few misspelled words but overall your analysis was clear, and punctuations were fine.
I wish you the best of luck on the Final paper.
Manuel Breaux
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4. Re-upload the paper by posting to the student’s original post by midnight Sunday.
