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Illustrating Dilemma in The Pit and the Pendulum

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What is Dilemma

Teaching Moral and Ethical Dilemmas

By Rebecca Ray and Kristy Littlehale

In literature, dilemmas form the central conflict many protagonists encounter. Sometimes these dilemmas have even caused changes in society and history! Common dilemmas include: classic, ethical, and moral.


The Pit and the Pendulum Lesson Plans

The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe

Lesson Plans by Kristy Littlehale

“The Pit and the Pendulum” is a short story of horror that uses detailed sensory imagery in order to instill fear and horror in the reader. These elements combined with the characters’ realization of his impending doom by either a razor-sharp pendulum or a cavernous abyss create yet another Poe-ian world of despair, fear, and a yearn for redemption.




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Pit and the Pendulum, The

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  • INTRODUCTION
  • The narrator has escaped from the pendulum, but he sees that at the moment of his escape, the pendulum stops swinging and is drawn back up to the ceiling. He knows that he is being watched now. He begins to notice the red-hot smell of the burning walls, and the movement of the walls as they change the shape of the chamber. He is afraid of the pit, but to embrace the walls will also kill him.
  • PROBLEM 1
  • If the narrator tries to push back against the walls or run into them, he will die, but he won’t die by falling into a dark pit.
  • PROBLEM 2
  • If the narrator allows the walls to push him toward the pit, ultimately he will have no other choice but to fall over the side.
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