a horde of rats
a sharpened pendulum getting ever nearer
a bottomless pit with wall closing in.
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)
Le feu fosse
The narrator in the short story is unnamed; however, in the movie version, the narrator is called "TC," presumably after the author, T.C. Boyle.
hueco
how their relationship ended
narrator vs. his self
The narrator in "The Pit and the Pendulum" is rescued by General Lasalle, a French army officer who arrives just in time to save him from being killed by the descending pendulum.
The third and final crisis for the narrator is the discovery of the heated walls after escaping the swing of the pendulum. The walls are forcing him slowly and steadily toward the pit and his death.
The third and final crisis for the narrator is the discovery of the heated walls after escaping the swing of the pendulum. The walls are forcing him slowly and steadily toward the pit and his death.
Being burnt alive. The narrator reflects on how death by fire is a more painful and agonizing way to die compared to being sliced by the pendulum.
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.
The French army arrives to rescue the narrator at the end of "The Pit and the Pendulum." They break through the walls and save him from his impending doom.
In "The Pit and the Pendulum," the narrator dreams of being sentenced to death and tortured by the Spanish Inquisition. He realizes the severity of his situation when he wakes up in darkness and feels the pendulum swinging back and forth above him, threatening to cut him in half.
General Laselle from the French army
General Laselle from the French army
General Laselle from the French army
The narrator finds rats inside his prison in "The Pit and the Pendulum." The rats are attracted to him when he is unconscious due to their need for warmth and food.