Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet and storywriter. He is known for his strong elements of mood in his work such as death, torture, and insanity. Some of his works that display this predominant mood are "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Raven", and "The Tell-Tale Heart".
The story "The Pit and the Pendulum" shows a strong mood of torture. The story is about a person who is put in a torture chamber because of his religion. In the story he is tied to a table and a pendulum is swung over his body. …