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Poe opens "The pit and the pendulum" by describing the narrator's sickening agony of awaiting his sentence. How does this beginning contribute to the meaning of the story?

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Obviously, this is meant on opinion. But in my opinion, I think the story is meant to demonstrate the fear of the unknown..
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