How Symbolism Proves the Power of Death
In the “Masque of the red death” Poe uses symbolism to emphasize his theme of death can’t be escaped. One symbol is the colorful rooms represents life from birth (blue room) to death (black room). This is illustrated when Prospero chased the red death into the black room and, ”There was a sharp cry—and the dagger dropped gleaming upon the sable carpet upon which instantly afterward, fell prostrate in death the Prince Prospero”(Poe 81). Showing that as Prospero attempts to avoid death, he passes through all of the rooms into the black room where he dies. This also displays the theme that death conquers all because when Prospero attempts to kill the red death, he dies, unable to kill the red death. Another
In the “Masque of the red death” Poe uses symbolism to emphasize his theme of death can’t be escaped. One symbol is the colorful rooms represents life from birth (blue room) to death (black room). This is illustrated when Prospero chased the red death into the black room and, ”There was a sharp cry—and the dagger dropped gleaming upon the sable carpet upon which instantly afterward, fell prostrate in death the Prince Prospero”(Poe 81). Showing that as Prospero attempts to avoid death, he passes through all of the rooms into the black room where he dies. This also displays the theme that death conquers all because when Prospero attempts to kill the red death, he dies, unable to kill the red death. Another