Use Of Isolation In The Pit And The Pendulum

In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” Poe, the author of this story has made it to where there is a few elements that add suspense to the story. Isolation would be a key element in the story that I would say adds suspense to the story it is one of the key one’s because as he explains what’s happening in this dark room that there is no light up until the part where he is under the pendulum, anyway he uses suspense with the isolation by always changing what was going on along with a little repetition with him getting knocked out with a Mickey Finn and then the danger is constantly changing with the pit, the walls, and the pendulum. Another element Poe uses in his story is fight or flight, he uses this element by him having to get out