People who are trying to survive are rarely found in this world today because giving up is common. Edgar Allan Poe, the author of “The Pit and the Pendulum,” conveyed a message to his audience that in order to survive, one cannot give up. Poe used many symbols throughout his stories such as: religious symbols, death symbols, and symbols referring to people on earth and the issues that are happening today. He also often used symbols to connect with his audience and emphasize the importance of survival. The narrator could have ended his life, but he kept fighting death and winning survival because he would not subdue to losing to the enemy, death. Edgar Allan Poe incorporated many symbols in his stories to convey a message to his audience about
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Poe was a man that knew how to survive. With tuberculosis and drug addictions, he had options of death in front of him throughout his whole life and yet, he was like the narrator of “The Pit and the Pendulum”: never consenting to death. “I had thought of forcing the blade in some minute crevice of the masonry, so as to identify my point of departure. The difficulty, nevertheless, was but trivial…” (233). Poe had difficulties of his own such as: illnesses and drug addictions. Poe’s illnesses were similar to the mental and physical tortures used in the story; they were not actually going to harm him. He portrays himself as an example for people to follow. Poe’s logic is quite simple. He makes it seem as if although a person will always be in this room facing death and other issues, he or she needs to strive for survival. Survival is found in his other stories such as “The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” Peyton, the main character found throughout the story, is constantly facing death in his visions. Although he had already been captured, he tried to visualize his escape and survival because he had strong mental will. Most people that would have been captured would have been fixed on the thought of death. Strong mental will is a trait of a person that helps face and fix struggles and hardships that a person will encounter during life. Poe had hardships just like every other person. We as the …show more content…
Earth can be viewed as the room that withholds sickness and death that a person needs to avoid. The Pendulum represents the time left for earth and time left for mankind. People will be the main cause for the end of the Earth because they will not do anything to repair environmental issues. The rats represent people; some may be helpful while others may cause harm and bring terror. Although many people care about the Earth, many people have also lost care for the Earth. If people on earth allow our planet to continue as it is, it is sure to reach the end of its time soon. The room with the walls closing in is much like the Earth. The Earth can continue on its path into the pit of death or people can try to avoid this occurrence and save themselves by helping the Earth and taking care of it. “Arousing from the most profound slumbers, we break the gossamer web of some dream. Yet in a second afterward, (so frail may that web have been) we remember not that we have dreamed” (231). This quote shows how it seems as if the world ending is just an imaginary idea in some minds, but it is actually a reality that people have to wake up and realize the issue. Poe enjoyed using subliminal symbols to convey a message to his audience about saving their lives and the
Poe was a man that knew how to survive. With tuberculosis and drug addictions, he had options of death in front of him throughout his whole life and yet, he was like the narrator of “The Pit and the Pendulum”: never consenting to death. “I had thought of forcing the blade in some minute crevice of the masonry, so as to identify my point of departure. The difficulty, nevertheless, was but trivial…” (233). Poe had difficulties of his own such as: illnesses and drug addictions. Poe’s illnesses were similar to the mental and physical tortures used in the story; they were not actually going to harm him. He portrays himself as an example for people to follow. Poe’s logic is quite simple. He makes it seem as if although a person will always be in this room facing death and other issues, he or she needs to strive for survival. Survival is found in his other stories such as “The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” Peyton, the main character found throughout the story, is constantly facing death in his visions. Although he had already been captured, he tried to visualize his escape and survival because he had strong mental will. Most people that would have been captured would have been fixed on the thought of death. Strong mental will is a trait of a person that helps face and fix struggles and hardships that a person will encounter during life. Poe had hardships just like every other person. We as the …show more content…
Earth can be viewed as the room that withholds sickness and death that a person needs to avoid. The Pendulum represents the time left for earth and time left for mankind. People will be the main cause for the end of the Earth because they will not do anything to repair environmental issues. The rats represent people; some may be helpful while others may cause harm and bring terror. Although many people care about the Earth, many people have also lost care for the Earth. If people on earth allow our planet to continue as it is, it is sure to reach the end of its time soon. The room with the walls closing in is much like the Earth. The Earth can continue on its path into the pit of death or people can try to avoid this occurrence and save themselves by helping the Earth and taking care of it. “Arousing from the most profound slumbers, we break the gossamer web of some dream. Yet in a second afterward, (so frail may that web have been) we remember not that we have dreamed” (231). This quote shows how it seems as if the world ending is just an imaginary idea in some minds, but it is actually a reality that people have to wake up and realize the issue. Poe enjoyed using subliminal symbols to convey a message to his audience about saving their lives and the