Question

PLEASE HELP ME!!! I HAVE TO TURN THIS IN, IN 10 MINUTES!!! Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this story. Which statement best summarizes the effect of the first-person point of view on Poe’s story "The Pit and the Pendulum"?

A) The first-person point of view lets Poe give the reader an insider’s view into the terror and agony of the imprisonment.


B) Because Poe uses a first-person narrator, the reader understands that the prisoner knows that he will be saved in the end.


C) The first-person pint of view allows Poe to tell what the judges were thinking when they condemned the prisoner.

D) By using the first-person point of view, Poe gives the reader insight into the French soldier who rescues the prisoner.

Answer 1

The first-person point of view lets Poe give the reader an insider’s view into the terror and agony of the imprisonment. thats the answer i took the same test

Answer 2

Either C or D I would have to read the story to know.