The Troubadour Podcast
The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe (PT 1)
Feb 3, 2020
Explore the gripping tale of a man facing psychological tortures in a dark pit, contemplate consciousness and memory in swoon-like states, experience dread and isolation in the dungeon, navigate through a mysterious dungeon with limited resources, and feel the protagonist's torment in a grim prison cell.
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- The narrator's cunning and quick thinking saved him from a deadly pendulum of death.
- Facing unimaginable torment, the narrator found unexpected rescue from the French army at the brink of oblivion.
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Escaping Death
The narrator narrowly avoids the pendulum of death, which threatened to cut through his bonds and his body. Using strategic movements and the distraction of rats, he manages to free himself just in time to dodge the deadly blade, showing his cunning and quick thinking under immense pressure.
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