Study

THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM

  •   0%
  •  0     0     0

      Back   Restart
  • What was the Spanish Inquisition? When did it happen?
    A CATHOLIC ORGANISATION THAT WANTED TO SUPPRESS HERESY IN 1478
  • Who was General Lasalle? What did it mean?
    HE WAS A FRENCH MILITAR WHO SAVED THE NARRATOR OF THE STORY. IT MEANT THAT THE INQUISITION WAS DESTROYED AND OVER.
  • Describe a physical agony/torture throughout the story
    The pit: It was a big hole with water and if you fall into it, you died. The food: In a scene, he had food but no water. And the food was very salty. Hot Walls
  • Who were the Inquisitors?
    THEY WERE MEMBERS OF THE SPANISH INQUISITION, AN ORGANISATION THAT TORTURED PEOPLE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF HERESY
  • How did he feel when he woke up?
    HE WAS AFRAID AND DESPERATE. HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WAS NOT IN A TOMB, SO HE STARTED EXPLORING. HE HAD NO IDEA WHERE HE WAS. .
  • Where did he think he was when he woke up from being fainted?
    THE JUDGES SAID “DEATH” BUT HE DIDNT THINK HE WAS ACTUALLY DEAD. NOT IN PRISON BECAUSE PRISONERS DIDNT STAY A LONG TIME THERE. HE KNEW HE WAS IN AN EMPTY ROOM.
  • What did the narrator do when he was trapped in the darkness?
    HE WOKE UP AND STARTED TO WALK AROUND TO IDENTIFY WHERE HE WAS. THERE, HE WAS SURE HE WAS NOT IN A TOMB.
  • What happened to the prison cell at the end?
    WHEN HE ESCAPED FROM THE ROPES AND THE PENDULUM, THE WALLS FROM THE ROOM STARTED TO CLOSE. HE WOULD DIE SMASHED BY THE ROOM. PLUS, THE WALLS WERE IRON HOT.
  • What were the auto-da-fes?
    THEY WERE THE COURTS' TRIALS DURING THE INQUISITION
  • Where was the narrator at the very beginning? How did he know?
    AT THE BEGINNING, THE NARRATOR WAS ON A TRIAL. HE KNEW IT BECAUSE HE SAW THE INQUISITORS AND JUDGES IN THE ROOM
  • How did he try to escape from the pendulum? Did he succeed?
    HE PUT FOOD OVER THE ROPES SO THAT THE RATS COULD EAT THE FOOD AND AT THE SAME TIME, LOOSE THE ROPES. yES, HE SUCCEEDED
  • Describe mental tortures throughout the story
    Staying in a dark place/Rats: they were all over the place, eating his food/Waiting for the pendulum to cut you in two./Knowing that the walls are getting close
    • Your experience on this site will be improved by allowing cookies.