How does Poe's use of the first person point of view heighten the horror in the "Pit and the Pendulum"?

Phyllis Fadel

The intensity of the darkness seemed to oppress and stifle me. Thewas intolerably
close. I still lay quietly, and made effort to exercise my reason. I brought to mind the
inquisitorial proceedings, and attempted from that point to deduce my real condition.

The first person, unnamed,...

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