The Pit and the Pendulum is a short story by Edgar Allen Poe Written in a dense detailed style it tells the story of a victim of torture at the hands o the Inquisition and his fortunate escape The story has a strong imagery significantly the pit and the pendulum mentioned in the title and creates and atmosphere of fear and tension The story mainly narrates the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition The narrator of the story is believed to be guilty for an unidentified crime a
The effects that contribute to the plot of the Pit and the Pendulum are the characters tone and setting First off characters effect the plot of the story because without characters the story would not make sense The characters help shape the story Tone in the story effect the outcome of what the reader thinks about The tone effects the mood for the reader in a sense The setting of the story takes place inside a pit or prison cell At this time it was the sixteenth century and the Spanish Inquisi