Basic presentation to start exploring the themes present in Edgar Allan Poe's short story.

1. “The pit and the pendulum”
by Edgar Allan Poe
EDGAR ALLAN POE
Ilustration (Fragment) by A. E. D
Ailin L. Olivares

2. (1842)
The Gift: A Christmas
and New Year's Present
for 1843
Genre: Psychological horror
Spatial organisation:
Pendulum-like
Setting: A cell in Toledo
Narrator: First person
protagonist Barbier, J.(2012)
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3. Epilogue and the Jacobin Club
Impiatortorumlongas hic turba furors
Sanguinisinnocui, non satiata, aluit.
Sospitenunc patria,
fractonuncfunerisantro,
Mors ubidirafuit vita salusque patent.
[Quatrain composed for the gates of a market to be erected upon
the site of the Jacobin Club House at Paris.]
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4. Judgement
“At first they wore the aspect of charity,
and seemed white slender angels who
would save me: but then all at once there
came a most deadly nausea over my spirit,
and (…) the angel forms became
meaningless spectres, with heads of flame,
and I saw that from them there would be
no help.”
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5. “In the centre yawned the circular pit
from whose jaws I had escaped; but it
was the only one in the dungeon.”
Sin/ Falling
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6. “THE PIT, typical of hell, and
regarded by rumour as the
Ultima Thule of all their
punishments”.
Hell
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7. God pardoning
thedamned
Thepower of
Human resolve
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8. ROMANTICISM
(The American Renaissance)
Characteristics of the
movement present in the story
Strangement.
 Beauty.
The individual.
Portrayal of experiences.
Psychological concern.
 Themes. Juarez Ricci.
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9. Sources
 A.E.D. [Illustration (fragment) of Egar Allan Poe] Retrieved November 09,
2014 from http://www.otraparte.org/actividades/literatura/noche-de-campo-
4.html
 Allan Poe, E. (1842). The Pit and the Pendulm . Retrieved November 03, 2014
from http://literature.org/authors/poe-edgar-allan/pit-and-pendulum.html
 Barbier, J. (2012) Design #1 [Photography] Retrieved November 07, 2014 from
http://www.studentshow.com/gallery/4003627/The-Pit-and-The-Pendulum-
Edgar-Allan-Poe
 Cummings, M. (2005). The Pit and the Pendulum By Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). A
Study Guide. Retrieved November 06, 2014 from
http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides2/Pit.html
 eNotes.com, Inc. (2004) "Themes and Meanings" Comprehensive Guide to Short Stories,
Critical Edition .Ed. Charles E. May.. Retrieved November 07, 2014 from
http://www.enotes.com/topics/pit-pendulum/themes
 Juarez Ricci (2008) Edgar Allan Poe [Image] Retrieved November 09, 2014 from
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/23200/tv-edgar-allan-poe-super-detective/
 NIJMI3SKIJLL. Dark Texture I [Image wallpaper] Retrieved from
http://nijmi3skijll.deviantart.com/art/Dark-Texture-I-386902217

10. Sources
 A.E.D. [Illustration (fragment) of Egar Allan Poe] Retrieved November 09,
2014 from http://www.otraparte.org/actividades/literatura/noche-de-campo-
4.html
 Allan Poe, E. (1842). The Pit and the Pendulm . Retrieved November 03, 2014
from http://literature.org/authors/poe-edgar-allan/pit-and-pendulum.html
 Barbier, J. (2012) Design #1 [Photography] Retrieved November 07, 2014 from
http://www.studentshow.com/gallery/4003627/The-Pit-and-The-Pendulum-
Edgar-Allan-Poe
 Cummings, M. (2005). The Pit and the Pendulum By Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). A
Study Guide. Retrieved November 06, 2014 from
http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides2/Pit.html
 eNotes.com, Inc. (2004) "Themes and Meanings" Comprehensive Guide to Short Stories,
Critical Edition .Ed. Charles E. May.. Retrieved November 07, 2014 from
http://www.enotes.com/topics/pit-pendulum/themes
 Juarez Ricci (2008) Edgar Allan Poe [Image] Retrieved November 09, 2014 from
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/23200/tv-edgar-allan-poe-super-detective/
 NIJMI3SKIJLL. Dark Texture I [Image wallpaper] Retrieved from
http://nijmi3skijll.deviantart.com/art/Dark-Texture-I-386902217