Throughout the short story, Poe applies allegory in the form of a prince and his revellers, seven suites, an ebony clock, and a fatal pestilence to indicate that there is no escape from death. In general, no one escapes death. Wealth and human happiness, which is represented by Prince Prospero, seek to avoid death, but fail. Prospero and his revellers display ignorance throughout the termination of the epidemic in order to attain bliss. But, they harshly learn that death is inexorable when death itself crashes their
Throughout the short story, Poe applies allegory in the form of a prince and his revellers, seven suites, an ebony clock, and a fatal pestilence to indicate that there is no escape from death. In general, no one escapes death. Wealth and human happiness, which is represented by Prince Prospero, seek to avoid death, but fail. Prospero and his revellers display ignorance throughout the termination of the epidemic in order to attain bliss. But, they harshly learn that death is inexorable when death itself crashes their