Transcript Pit and the Pendulum”

Question of the Day 9/8
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Read the first few lines of page 772. In
what point of view is the story written.
Read the background paragraph on
page 771. What was the Spanish
Inquisition?
“Pit and the Pendulum”
Obj: I will learn vocabulary,
background information on the
story and the author.
What was the Spanish
Inquistion?
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A part of the Catholic government in
the 1400-1500’s in Spain that
persecuted all Protestants and heretical
Catholics.
Starvation, Strappado, The Rack,
mutilation of limbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKTsX5IfhcU
What is the symbolism in the
story?
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The inquisitioners = angels of death
The pit = hell
The scathe = countdown to death
General LaSalle = hand of God
Put the following questions on the
left side. Then answer them through
the video.
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What did Edgar A. Poe’s biological parents
do?
Who took him in after his death?
Who did Poe marry and how old was she?
How did he support his wife?
What disease did all the women he love
get?
What was Poe’ first big success?
Indeterminate
The old women looked very healthy and
young, so knowing her age seemed
indeterminate.
Def: Not precisely known or
determined
Eloquent
When the minister spoke, he seemed
eloquent because of how descriptive
his words were and how he moved his
hands to add meaning to his words
Def: vividly expressive
Lucid
Although the child had seen horrible
things, she seemed lucid when
explaining the event.
Def: mentally sound
Pervading
When the child ran his nails across the
board, I felt a tingling feeling
pervading throughout my body.
Def: to spread throughout
supposition
The new girl dressed and acted strange;
however when we got to know her she
was very nice. I guess we should not
have made a supposition about her.
Def: something supposed; an
assumption
insuperable
As I looked up at the steep mountain I
was about to climb, I was sure that this
would be an insuperable obstacle.
Def: impossible to overcome
In your notes from yesterday
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Write the following words and their
definition (you will find it in the story
beginning on page 772). Also, write a
synonym and antonym for the word.
lethargy
pertinacity
confound
voracity
http://www.flocabulary.com/poe-pit/
Torture Techniques
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They used very unorthodox torture
techniques to punish the people who
did not conform with the Catholic
Church
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKT
sX5IfhcU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSe
38dzJYkY
List in a small group
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What other events in history are similar
to the Spanish Inquisition?
Why?
Examples:
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Romans vs. Christians
Jews during the Crusade
Spanish Inquisition
Reign of Terror
African slavery
Japanese Americans WWII
Holocaust
Chinese Immigrants in the American West
Trail of Tears of the Cherokees
Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge
Bosnia
Racial Apartheid
Gender Apartheid
Armenian massacre