The Pit and the Pendulum

Down in the Pit
"The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edger Allan Poe is a thrilling story about life in a dark pit or cell. This story shows that life isn't always great and the only thing that can save man from hell is god. The setting, irony, and point of view help express the theme.
Down in the pit for only believing in his own faith. I was sick unto death with that long agony; and when they at unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me (168). Sick from the dirty and disgusting living quarters he could only think about death. …