Write a compare and contrast essay explaining how Poe drew upon the history of the Inquisition in his short story “The Pit and the Pendulum." The essay should be about one page (approximately 200-250 words) in length. The essay should address the following points: • How accurate is Poe’s account of the Inquisition?
• How is the Inquisition appropriate for the genre of horror?
• How important is the history of Inquisition to Poe’s short story?

The Pit and the Pendulum
https://contentstore. ple. platoweb. com/content/sharedmedia/Documents/T he+Pit+and+the+Pendulum. pdf (sorry for sacrificing myself for a link since it can't fit the entire story)

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”