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In “The Pit and the Pendulum,” the narrator explains, "I proceeded for many paces; but still all was blackness and vacancy."

How does Poe's inclusion of this description affect the story?


It creates dark humor by making readers imagine how foolish the narrator must look in this situation.
It creates dark humor by making readers imagine how foolish the narrator must look in this situation.

It increases the suspense by maintaining the narrator's sense of displacement and uncertainty.
It increases the suspense by maintaining the narrator's sense of displacement and uncertainty.

It contributes to the story's rather serene mood by describing the peaceful emptiness of the environment.
It contributes to the story's rather serene mood by describing the peaceful emptiness of the environment.

It adds mystery to the tale by subtly suggesting that the narrator has something to hide.
It adds mystery to the tale by subtly suggesting that the narrator has something to hide.
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It increases the suspense by maintaining the narrator's sense of displacement and uncertainty. vacancy. In The Pit and the Pendulum the narrator explains, "I proceeded for many paces, but still, all was blackness and vacancy.

The Pit and the Pendulum is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe and was first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical facts.

It helps the reader understand the narrator's utter fear and hazy understanding of where his captors are taking him. The Pit and the Pendulum are told by a first-person narrator.

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