The Pit and the Pendulum
-
Analyses the apocalyptic imagery and fragmentation of the psyche in Poe's narrative `The Pit and the Pendulum.'
-
As we shall see, "The Pit and the Pendulum" diegetically (the telling of a story by a narrator who summarises events in the plot and comments on the conversations, thoughts, etc., of the characters) frames Poe's distinctively modern and poetic sense of beauty, situating aesthetic beauty in direct proximity to the shocking experience of the traumatic encounter with death.
The Pit and the Pendulum - Animated Short
44,715 views (2011, Oct 14). The Pit and the Pendulum [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkdjoGyT3a0
The Pit and the Pendulum - Christopher Lee
160,053 views (2016, Aug 25). Edgar Allan Poe - The Pit and the Pendulum with subtitles (Read by Christopher Lee) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8evwxMR5U0