An Analysis of the "Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe

The storie is set in Spain. A poor man is being sentenced to death. The man doesen't even question his innocence. This maybe because the Spanish torchered those who did not to admit to crimes, even if they didn't commit them.
The man is condemed to darkness. Darkness evokes feelings of anxiety, but under these circumstances I would think absolute terror. …