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The pit and the pendulum
The protagonist of the story woke up in a strange place. He was in a cell, in Toledo. The torturers wanted to kill him. And the Sharp blade of a pendulum would do it. He also saw rats running over his hand. -
The pit and the pendulum
He had an idea to try to scape. He reached out his hand and took some of the meat that were in a close table. Rats came to eat that meat, so they also were eating the rope. But the huge blade frightened the rats and they run away. The protagonist thought that his head would be cut very soon. -
The pit and the pendulum
He smelt something. It was the smell of hot hiron. The air was really hot so he closed his eyes and he thought that this was his end. But suddenly he hear voices. People were shooting. French soldiers had captured the city of Toledo and all the prisoners were free. -
The gold bug
The narrator's friend moved to an island on the south Carolina coast he lives in a cabin with his slave. the narrator visits him and talks to him about a beetle and the friend says it's not that and he'll seretira with his role and wants to throw it into the fire but in the end he doesn't -
The gold bug
The narrator vuleves to visit them and he realises that his friend’s slaves is concerned that he is wandering around the island and writing strange calculations. the narrator thinks he's sick but he's not. -
The gold bug
They walk to a large tree, where LeGrand pulls out the golden beetle from which he drew a drawing at the beginning of the story. He gives the beetle, which is attached to a rope, to Jupiter. then makes jupiter go up and find the skull there. LeGrand is remeasured. This time, the place where they dig ends up full of gold coins and colorful jewels, as well as some decaying skeletons. -
The facts in the case of Mr Valdemar
They are rarely interested in the case. The involved have tried to keep the matter quiet, but a confusing and inaccurate account has been made public, leading to discussion and disbelief. He learned nine months ago that no one had been imnotified while of Cusp of death. -
The facts in the case of Mr Valdemar
The experiment might have previously hypnotised your friend, but it has never fully controlled him. This could be due to tuberculosis, according to the narrator. As doctors can predict the time of Valdemar’s death, they agree to to meet 24 hours before his planned death. -
The facts in the case of Mr Valdemar
Doctors say Valdemar should be allowed to die in his current state, as death will probably occur in a matter of minutes, but the narrator asks the same question again. So in response Valdemar’s mouth and eyes opened to form a horrible vision, and his body no longer appears alive, bit his tongue keep moving. With a rough, broken voice, Valdemar says he was sleeping but now he is dead.