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cyberghostface (cyberghostface) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-03-21 12:40:00

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creator: edgar allan poe, publisher: warren, title: creepy

The Pit and the Pendulum

This one's from Creepy #69.

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	(Anonymous) 2009-03-21 12:03 pm UTC (link)
	Too bad they left out the final torment. Maybe they thought that was a bit much for the poor guy, huh? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cyberghostface 2009-03-21 12:27 pm UTC (link)
	It was probably for length reasons. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-03-21 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	I thought this was the whole of it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cyberghostface 2009-03-21 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	In the original text, right before he is rescued, the narrator finds himself placed between the pit and a red-hot iron wall moving towards him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-03-21 08:08 pm UTC (link)
	Well, that's just overkill. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cyberghostface 2009-03-21 08:14 pm UTC (link)
	It was pretty effective, actually. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	crinosg 2009-03-21 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	But then shouldn't be the "the pit and the Pendulum and then the second pit?" Or did they just use the first pit from the beginning with the wall? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cyberghostface
2009-03-21 08:30 pm UTC (link)

Wikipedia's plot summary:

"As the pendulum reaches a point inches above his heart, the prisoner breaks free of the ropes and watches as the pendulum is drawn back to the ceiling.

He then sees that the walls have become red-hot and begun moving inwards, driving him into the center of the room and towards the brink of the pit. As he gazes into the pit, he decides that no fate could be worse than falling into it. It is implied by the text that the narrator fears what he sees at the bottom of the pit, or perhaps is frightened by its depth. The exact cause of his fear is not clearly stated. However, as the narrator moves back from the pit, he sees that the red-hot walls are leaving him with no foothold. As the prisoner begins to fall into the pit, he hears human voices. The walls rush back and an arm catches him. The French Army has taken Toledo and the Inquisition is in the hands of its enemies."

So it's the same pit.

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	raattgift 2009-03-23 11:06 am UTC (link)
	Ugh, rats. Why aren't they nibbling on him, much less the bucket of meat itself? It seems strange that they only go for meat-rubbed rope. So much for Monty Python: p. 16 shows a man expecting the Spanish Inquisition. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cyberghostface 2009-03-23 11:15 am UTC (link)
	The rats were already interested in the meat in the bucket, which is what gave him the idea in the first place. And they probably would have nibbled on him a bit if he hadn't gotten them off of him. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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