"The Pit and the Pendulum" is (present) a very unique story. It is(present) kind of weird as to how many times the man has been facing(present perfect progressive) death. It is(present) odd that he has been waking (present perfect progressive) up and he has seemed(present perfect) to be dying( a different death every time he woke(past0 up. It is (present) being buried alive, in a pit, and a few more, but I have found(present perfect) it very weird that every time he has woken (present perfect) up he thought he was dying(past progressive), just in a different manner than before. He has been going(present perfect progressive)through many different types of death including buried(present) alive, falling(present) into a deep pit, being burned(present) alive in an autos-da-fé ceremony, or later being chopped(past)up (Poe 263-266). He has woken(present perfect) up and survives them all somehow. The only possible explanation as to what happened is(present) that he has been drugged(present perfect progressive) somehow, at least that is(present) what I think as to what is going on. The other thing that I did not quite get is(present) the water and he has woken(present perfect progressive) up the first two times or whatever it is(present).
One thing that sticks(present) out to me that definitely reflects(present) the Dark Romaticism style of writing has ben focusing(present perfect progressive) on death. It is(progressive) dark romanticism, so it must focus(present) on dark things. "I was sick(past), sick unto death, with that long agony, and when they at length unbound(past) me, and I was permitted(past) to sit, I felt(past) that my senses were leaving(past) me. The sentence, the dread sentence of death, was(past) the last of distinct accentuation which reached(past) my ears" (Poe 262). Unfortunately this is(present) the opening of the story. I may say(present) that in a bad way only because I really do not want(present) to be talking(present) about death, but unfortunately that is(present) what the whole background of this story seems(present) to be. It comes(present) up again when he is(present) unbound. " I dreaded(past) the first glance at objects around me. It was (past)not that I feared(past) to look(present) upon things horrible, but that I grew(present) aghast lest there should be nothing to see. At length, with a wild desperation at heart, I quickly unclosed(past) my eyes. My worst thoughts then, were confirmed(past). The blackness of eternal night encompassed(past) me. I struggled(past) for breath." (Poe 264). When the author says(present) the blackness of eternal night, I immediatly think(present) death. How could you not?
Psychology: The psychological view comes(present) in in this perspective. When he has been stumbling(present perfect progressive) around and not knowing where he is(present) or what he is(present) doing, that is where it is. That psychological state is(present) an unstable one, which explains why the narrator keeps having(present progressive) mirage like visions and is(present) sometimes unable to distinguish what actually is happening(present progressive) (Sova). Once being in a psychology class, it definitely shows(present) that this person is in a unique state of mind. I know(present) that the writer has written(present perfect) this and it is(present) not any one specific persons fault, but he has been drunk(present perfect progressive) it seemed like. He has been sleeping(present perfect progressive), falling(present perfect progressive) asleep and it is(past) very funny because that is(present) what it hasreminded(present perfect) me of.
Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Pit and the Pendulum." Comp. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Ph.D. and Douglas Fisher, Ph.D. Glencoe Literature. American Literature ed. Columbus: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2009. 263-273. Print.
Sova, Dawn B. "'The Pit and the Pendulum'." Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work, Critical Companion. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2007. Bloom's Literary Reference Online. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 19 Jan. 2012.
One thing that sticks(present) out to me that definitely reflects(present) the Dark Romaticism style of writing has ben focusing(present perfect progressive) on death. It is(progressive) dark romanticism, so it must focus(present) on dark things. "I was sick(past), sick unto death, with that long agony, and when they at length unbound(past) me, and I was permitted(past) to sit, I felt(past) that my senses were leaving(past) me. The sentence, the dread sentence of death, was(past) the last of distinct accentuation which reached(past) my ears" (Poe 262). Unfortunately this is(present) the opening of the story. I may say(present) that in a bad way only because I really do not want(present) to be talking(present) about death, but unfortunately that is(present) what the whole background of this story seems(present) to be. It comes(present) up again when he is(present) unbound. " I dreaded(past) the first glance at objects around me. It was (past)not that I feared(past) to look(present) upon things horrible, but that I grew(present) aghast lest there should be nothing to see. At length, with a wild desperation at heart, I quickly unclosed(past) my eyes. My worst thoughts then, were confirmed(past). The blackness of eternal night encompassed(past) me. I struggled(past) for breath." (Poe 264). When the author says(present) the blackness of eternal night, I immediatly think(present) death. How could you not?
Psychology: The psychological view comes(present) in in this perspective. When he has been stumbling(present perfect progressive) around and not knowing where he is(present) or what he is(present) doing, that is where it is. That psychological state is(present) an unstable one, which explains why the narrator keeps having(present progressive) mirage like visions and is(present) sometimes unable to distinguish what actually is happening(present progressive) (Sova). Once being in a psychology class, it definitely shows(present) that this person is in a unique state of mind. I know(present) that the writer has written(present perfect) this and it is(present) not any one specific persons fault, but he has been drunk(present perfect progressive) it seemed like. He has been sleeping(present perfect progressive), falling(present perfect progressive) asleep and it is(past) very funny because that is(present) what it hasreminded(present perfect) me of.
Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Pit and the Pendulum." Comp. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Ph.D. and Douglas Fisher, Ph.D. Glencoe Literature. American Literature ed. Columbus: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2009. 263-273. Print.
Sova, Dawn B. "'The Pit and the Pendulum'." Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work, Critical Companion. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2007. Bloom's Literary Reference Online. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 19 Jan. 2012.
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