In particular, Poe’s setting in “The Masque of the Red Death” of the seven apartments was a technique that showed the contrast of the ignorant joy that was exhibited by the characters in the story to death that surrounded them. Each apartment in “The Masque of the Red Death” have their own unique color with the order of the colors being blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet, and black. All of these rooms symbolize different aspects of life such as the first room being the color blue and representing the birth of life, whereas the last room is the color black and embodies death itself. While the first six rooms all have rather uplifting colors, the last room with the décor being black and scarlet red with the ticking clock serves a greater purpose to add the effect on the readers while also adding suspense and tension to the story. “The Masque of the Red Death” made readers able to get the eerie sense of Death’s always looming presence in even the grand party taking place during the story. Poe’s use of setting was vital in “The Masque of the Red Death” for the effects that setting leaves on the
In particular, Poe’s setting in “The Masque of the Red Death” of the seven apartments was a technique that showed the contrast of the ignorant joy that was exhibited by the characters in the story to death that surrounded them. Each apartment in “The Masque of the Red Death” have their own unique color with the order of the colors being blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet, and black. All of these rooms symbolize different aspects of life such as the first room being the color blue and representing the birth of life, whereas the last room is the color black and embodies death itself. While the first six rooms all have rather uplifting colors, the last room with the décor being black and scarlet red with the ticking clock serves a greater purpose to add the effect on the readers while also adding suspense and tension to the story. “The Masque of the Red Death” made readers able to get the eerie sense of Death’s always looming presence in even the grand party taking place during the story. Poe’s use of setting was vital in “The Masque of the Red Death” for the effects that setting leaves on the