Similarities Between The Pit And The Pendulum

When dogs are taken outdoors to walk, they become very eager and want to keep going to find a fire hydrant, a tree , another dog, a squirrel, or something else going on in the neighbourhood. It is true that human beings have this same quality of wanting to find out what will happen. Sometimes, we know what will happen; however, other times we do not. Sometimes it can be pleasant, like falling in love at first sight, getting married, and living happily ever after - or it can be unpleasant, for example, falling in love at first sight and getting thrown into an arena to get punished. At times, it can be easy for one to wish they could avoid those unpleasant events - and even wish to avoid fate altogether. However, as it is shown in the short

This story takes place in late medieval Europe during the Spanish Inquisition. The narrator, a heretic is sentenced in a cell with a large pit in the center of it and a pendulum that swings closer and closer to his body with every minute that passes. The heretic tries everything to avoid his death. This includes an escape from the board he is strapped down to, with the help of the several rats that live in the pit and are emerging from it, that eat through the bandages that tie him down. This is obviously the narrator’s attempt to avoid fate. But, later on in the story, the reader learns that fate is inevitable, and so does the heretic. He basks in his freedom for a few moments, before noticing that the floor is detached from the walls around it, and there is light shining through. He notices, “[This light] had now assumed, and [was] momentarily assuming, a startling and most intense brilliancy, that gave to the spectral and fiendish portraitures an aspect that might have thrilled even firmer nerves than my own. Demon eyes, of a wild and ghastly vivacity, glared upon me in a thousand directions…” The “demon eyes,” the devils between the walls and the floor, are fate. They are creeping up on him to teach him a lesson in its inevitability. However, the lesson does not stop there. The room begins to close in on him as fate creeps closer: “The

They may believe that it is avoidable in certain cases. However, this is untrue; fate cannot be avoided no matter how hard one tries. The 1950s television sitcom “I Love Lucy” shows this very well. The show revolves around the crazy antics of housewife Lucy Ricardo and her Cuban bandleader husband, Ricky, and their neighbors who are both their landlords and their best friends, Fred and Ethel Mertz. Lucy often finds herself in sticky situations, but she has the brain to weasel out with them. For instance, in the Season 6 episode “Lucy Does the Tango,” Ricky explains that, if the Ricardos’ chickens do not lay eggs, he will have to sell them. Lucy doesn’t want the chickens to be sold, and so she buys eggs at the local supermarket. But just as she is about to set them outside with the chickens, Fred comes in and she ends up having to hide the eggs in her blouse. Then, Ricky enters the room and wants to practice a dance number with Lucy that they will perform together for their son’s school PTA. The end of the dance number involves a twirl in which Lucy comes into full physical contact with Ricky while twirling back in after twirling outward. Lucy is very hesitant and slowly walks toward Ricky, obviously trying to avoid her fate. She takes the avoidance a step further by gently pushing Ricky away from her and saying, “Honey, if we’re going to be dancing for the PTA, we should be dignified -we should stand two feet