The Masque O The Red Death

The Masque o the deprivation Death Edgar Allen Poes The Masque of the crimson Death is an elaborate allegory/microcosm that combines objects in the story with visual descriptions to give focus to the readers imagination. In the story, a prince named Prospero tries to dodge the Red Death through isolation and seclusion. He hides behind apparently impenetrable walls of his castellated abbey and lets the world take care of its own. However, no walls can stop death because it is inescapable and inevitable. Visual descriptions in the story are used to symbolize death.

Poes use of talking to and symbolism is shown in his description of the seventh room in the suite, the ebony clock, and the fire. The first symbolic mean of death is picture in the seventh room in the suite. Poe says, "The seventh flat tire was closely shrouded in black velvet tapestries that hung all oer the ceiling and down the walls, falling in heavy folds upon a carpet of the same material and hue". He ...If you indirect request to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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