What is in the pit in Edgar Allen Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum.?

Question

I just finished reading this and was really intrigued by what the character sees in the pit. After escaping being disembowled by the pendulum, the walls are closing in on him so that his only escape is into the pit that he was supposed to fall into in the first place. He can see into the pit because of the light now and seems to be really terrified by whats going on in there. It seems to me that he just speaks with great horror of whats going on in the pit without ever really saying what exactly he sees. Is this what the character is doing or am I missing it.

Answer 1

Fear itself....the intrigue is scarier than a writers description or scenario....doubled so when a movie is made.