Poe starts off the story portraying the Red Death; “The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.” Despite the plague happening around him, Prince Prospero does not let it stop him from being happy and dauntless. He locks himself, as well as, the knights and dames not affected by the plague in one of his abbeys in an attempt to cheat the inevitable. “All these and security were within. Without was the "Red Death." Within Prospero’s abbey there is safety, but outside death surrounds them. They were effectively trapped by death, unable to escape it’s grasp. “Prince Prospero maddening with rage and the shame of his own momentary cowardice, rushed hurriedly through the six chambers…” Finally, he arrives at the black and scarlett apartment. Another reminder of their inevitable fate stood there in the seventh apartment. “It was in this apartment, also, that there stood against the western wall, a gigantic clock of ebony. Its pendulum swung to and fro with a dull, heavy, monotonous clang…” The constant clang of the clock represents the continuous passing of time. This passing of time brought them closer and closer to death. This continuous passing of time leading to eventual death is a natural part of
Poe starts off the story portraying the Red Death; “The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.” Despite the plague happening around him, Prince Prospero does not let it stop him from being happy and dauntless. He locks himself, as well as, the knights and dames not affected by the plague in one of his abbeys in an attempt to cheat the inevitable. “All these and security were within. Without was the "Red Death." Within Prospero’s abbey there is safety, but outside death surrounds them. They were effectively trapped by death, unable to escape it’s grasp. “Prince Prospero maddening with rage and the shame of his own momentary cowardice, rushed hurriedly through the six chambers…” Finally, he arrives at the black and scarlett apartment. Another reminder of their inevitable fate stood there in the seventh apartment. “It was in this apartment, also, that there stood against the western wall, a gigantic clock of ebony. Its pendulum swung to and fro with a dull, heavy, monotonous clang…” The constant clang of the clock represents the continuous passing of time. This passing of time brought them closer and closer to death. This continuous passing of time leading to eventual death is a natural part of