Which statement best summarizes the effect of the first-person point of view on poe's story "the
pit and the pendulum"?
the first-person pint of view allows poe to tell what the judges were thinking when they
condemned the prisoner.
the first-person point of view lets poe give the reader an insider's view into the terror
and agony of the imprisonment.
by using the first-person point of view, poe gives the reader insight into the french
soldier who rescues the prisoner.
because poe uses a first-person narrator the reader understands that the prisoner
knows that he will be saved in the end
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