The falling action of the story is when the walls started to refract when he was about to fall in the pit
The falling action of "The Pit and the Pendulum" involves the narrator falling unconscious and waking up to find himself strapped to a table as a pendulum swings above him, getting closer to cutting him. He then narrowly escapes death when the French army arrives to save him from the Inquisition's torture chambers.
The falling action is the narrators attempt to dispose the old mans body and the conversation he had with the four police before the narrator admitted or confessed to his crime or the killing of the old man (landlord)
At the beginning of the story.
Edgar Allan Poe was the author of "The Pit and the Pendulum." Poe was an American writer known for his macabre and Gothic tales. "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story that explores themes of fear, torture, and survival.
In Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Pit and the Pendulum," the prisoner is rescued by the French army at the last moment before the descending pendulum can harm him. The story ends with his dramatic rescue from the dungeon.
The passage reference the torture of the pit and the pendulum, which involves a person being tied down with a pendulum swinging back and forth ready to slice them while they are also facing the threat of falling into a pit that will be their doom.
The answer is "pendulum." The story is "The Pit and the Pendulum."
The Pit and the Pendulum is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. When the narrator sees the pendulum descending, he thinks of it as a milder way to die than by falling into the pit.
In Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Pit and the Pendulum," the narrator is saved from the descending razor-sharp pendulum at the last moment by French soldiers who liberate him from the Spanish Inquisition dungeon.
When the dog falls into the pit trap. That's action and it involves falling.
The rising action in "The Pit and the Pendulum" occurs when the narrator is sentenced to death during the Spanish Inquisition and is placed in a dark dungeon with a pit in the center. He must navigate the horrors of his imprisonment, including evading the swinging pendulum that threatens his life. This builds tension and suspense as the narrator struggles to survive the gruesome ordeal.
If he does die, it is because he has fallen into the pit. If he doesn't die, it is because french soldiers arrive just in time to save him. The story ends with the arrival of the soldiers, but doesn't tell if they were able to save him from his fall into the pit.