Shortly afterward, I resumed my tour around the prison, and with much toil came at last upon the fragment of the serge. Up to the period when I fell I had counted fifty-two paces, and upon resuming my walk, I had counted forty-eight more; -- when I arrived at the rag. There were in all, then, a hundred paces; and, admitting two paces to the yard, I presumed the dungeon to be fifty yards in circuit. I had met, however, with many angles in the wall, and thus I could form no guess at the shape of the vault; for vault I could not help supposing it to be.” (The Pit and the Pendulum, 269).

This is yet another deep and meaningful quote from the exquisite writer Edgar Allan Poe. We believe that this quote reveals the true identity of the character. The way the protagonist handles the situation of him being imprisoned is very unique. Unlike most people that would react to his predicament, he was calm. He was in a pitch black chamber and instead of frantically reacting; he decided to do a series of events that kept his mind off of the thought of him being immortalized. As it says in the quote, “I had counted fifty two paces, and upon resuming my walk, I had counted forty eight more” his first initial thought was to make himself aware of his surroundings by counting the perimeter of the vault. This reveals he is a survivor and that is why he was able to withstand the events he was faced with. In ths picture, it resembles the eye of the protagonist while he is trapped in the vault. This shows the limited amount of senses he was able to use, but he still remained calm throughout the tragic event.