Question of the Day 9/8 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? 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? 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 Put the following questions on the left side. Then answer them through the video. 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 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 confound pertinacity voracity http://www.flocabulary.com/poe-pit/

Torture Techniques They used very unorthodox torture techniques to punish the people who did not conform with the Catholic Church http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKTsX5IfhcU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSe38dzJYkY

List in a small group What other events in history are similar to the Spanish Inquisition? Why?

Examples: 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