Pit and the Pendulum Discussion

Per the norm, if you didn't participate in today's discussion, you must put your responses here to today's discussion questions:

• In lines 224-260, determine how the restoration of the narrator’s ability to see his prison changes his emotions about his prison.
• What effect does the narrator’s description of the pendulum’s movement have on the narrator? What does it have on the reader?
• How does Poe build suspense in this story? Describe how his use of figurative language and structure help create a sense of suspense in the reader.