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Pit the Pendulum Character Analysis

... In the story “The Pit and the Pendulum” a man’s intelligence is shown through several events in which he escaped torture. These situations occur when he is first put into the room, when he finds a pit in the middle of the room, and when he is placed under the pendulum. The man in “The Pit and the Pendulum” is extremely imperturbable when placed under the extreme conditions of torture. ... He has discovered a pit. To further examine the pit, he drops a pebble down into it. By doing this he can estimate the depth of the pit and tell if it is a major danger or not. ...
Lastly, the cleverest escape that is made is when the man escapes from the pendulum.


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