One should be aware of many obstacles in life, such as every day you live replete with suspense since the day you’re born. For instance, nobody knows when it's your last day here. Suspense can be defined as an awareness of curiosity and uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work or short story. In the short story, The Pit and the Pendulum by Allan Poe, he addresses a story about a man being sentenced to death and creating a type of suspense to make the story engaging. The story takes place during the Spanish Inquisition meaning sentenced meant suffering and horrifying. The author Allan Poe used suspense throughout the short story portraying the symbolism of death.
