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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Pit and the Pendulum canonical | 8 |
| "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe | 1 |
| Pit and the Pendulum | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gothic fiction work
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horror fiction work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | 1961 film The Pit and the Pendulum ⓘ |
| author | Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| features |
mechanical execution device
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moving heated walls ⓘ pit ⓘ rats ⓘ swinging pendulum ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Roger Corman ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStar | Vincent Price ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Gift: A Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1843 ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic fiction
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horror ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasMotiveForce | fear of the unknown ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
extreme confinement
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judicial torture ⓘ |
| includedIn | many Poe short story collections ⓘ |
| influenced |
later horror cinema
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psychological horror literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
sensory imagery
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stream of consciousness elements ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | classic of Gothic horror ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | chronological with intense interior monologue ⓘ |
| partOf | Edgar Allan Poe’s tales of terror ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| protagonistStatus | prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1842 ⓘ |
| publisher | Carey and Hart ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Spanish Inquisition ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Toledo, Spain ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| tone |
claustrophobic
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macabre ⓘ suspenseful ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Edgar Allan Poe
subject surface form:
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)
subject surface form:
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)
this entity surface form:
"The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe
this entity surface form:
Pit and the Pendulum
subject surface form:
The Pit and the Pendulum
subject surface form:
The Fall of the House of Usher (TV series)