The Pit and the Pendulum
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The Pit and the Pendulum is a Gothic short story that follows a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition facing psychological terror and a gruesome mechanical execution device.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Gothic fiction work
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horror fiction work → short story → |
| adaptedAs |
1961 film The Pit and the Pendulum
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| author |
Edgar Allan Poe
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| centralTheme |
fear of death
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psychological terror → the power of the mind under extreme stress → torture → |
| climaxFeature |
rescue at the brink of death
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| features |
mechanical execution device
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moving heated walls → pit → rats → swinging pendulum → |
| filmAdaptationDirector |
Roger Corman
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| filmAdaptationStar |
Vincent Price
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| firstPublishedIn |
The Gift: A Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1843
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| genre |
Gothic fiction
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horror → psychological horror → |
| hasMotiveForce |
fear of the unknown
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| hasSubject |
extreme confinement
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judicial torture → |
| includedIn |
many Poe short story collections
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| influenced |
later horror cinema
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psychological horror literature → |
| language |
English
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| literaryDevice |
sensory imagery
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stream of consciousness elements → unreliable narration → |
| literaryMovement |
Romanticism
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| literaryStatus |
classic of Gothic horror
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| mainCharacter |
unnamed narrator
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| narrativePointOfView |
first-person
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| narrativeStructure |
chronological with intense interior monologue
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| partOf |
Edgar Allan Poe’s tales of terror
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| placeOfPublication |
Philadelphia
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| protagonistStatus |
prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition
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| publicationYear |
1842
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| publisher |
Carey and Hart
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| settingPeriod |
Spanish Inquisition
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| settingPlace |
Toledo, Spain
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| targetAudience |
adult readers
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| tone |
claustrophobic
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macabre → suspenseful → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Edgar Allan Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe → |
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