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“The Pit and the Pendulum” is told by a first-person narrator.

How does Poe's decision to use this point of view affect the story?

It increases the surprise when the narrator is rescued.

It increases the surprise when the narrator is rescued.,

It makes the motives of the judges more mysterious.

It makes the motives of the judges more mysterious.,

Because it only shows the narrator's version of events, it makes the reader sympathetic to him.

Because it only shows the narrator's version of events, it makes the reader sympathetic to him.,

It makes a more detailed description of the narrator's surroundings, such as the rats, possible.

It makes a more detailed description of the narrator's surroundings, such as the rats, possible.,

It should be noted that the point of view simply means the perspective of the author regarding a particular issue. In this case, The Pit and the Pendulum” is told by a first-person narrator.

The story begins with the narrator getting sentenced to death. The story takes to the time during the Spanish Inquisition when the result of the death sentence was the most horrible and terrifying. The setting of the story and the characters are described in the terms of being pale, scary, torturous, painful, and horrifying.

The description of the pendulum which is described as an instrument of death gives a Gothic experience to the readers. The story begins with the letter “I” which marks the narration of the story being told through the first-person point of view.

Therefore, Poe's decision to use this point of view affect the story as it makes the motives of the judges more mysterious.

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