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"The Pit.. Pendelum"
Question | Answer |
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began where? | Italy |
what was the most common form of execution? | burning at the stake |
what point of view was this told? | 1st person limited |
where is the setting | Toledo, Spain |
why is he sentenced to death? | speaking out in the church |
what condition is he in? | scared and exhausted |
why does the narrator not open his eyes? | he is scared of what he will see |
what is he most afraid of? | being buried alive |
what does the pit symbolize? | going into hell |
what does he see when he opens his eyes? | total darkness |
the tiger symbolizes what? | approaching death |
after he gets up what happens? | the pendulum stops.. showing that someone was watching |
who saved him? | French army |
who does the general symbolize? | God |