Death can come at any moment in time, any place, and can happen to anyone. The thing is, nobody knows when death is going to creep up on them, it could be stalking them right now and waiting for the right moment to capture them. Death is a silent assailant. In Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Masque of the Red Death," and the episode of Twilight Zone directed by Lamont Johnson in 1959, called "Nothing in the Dark," both involve death thoroughly. Although, the short story "The Masque of the Red Death" and the episode of Twilight Zone "Nothing in the Dark" appear to be very opposite, they share the same qualities and characteristics.
In a closer look at Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Masque of the Red Death," is actually no different than Lamont …show more content…
In the beginning of "The Masque of the Red Death" it reads, "The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal — the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution. The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men. And the whole seizure, progress and termination of the disease, were the incidents of half an hour." (The Masque of the Red Death, page one, paragraph one). In order to try and escape this "plague" Prospero invites "a thousand friends" to come and party with him so late he is not left alone during this outbreak. The party lasts for about five or six months without any worries or care. They dance and dance in these colored halls called "The Seven Stages of Man" starting from east to west, from blue to black/red. Merry and cheerful, until the giant clock tolls every hour on the hour and everyone stands frozen until the tolling ceases. After partying for so long, there is an interruption by an uninvited guest, just appearing out of nowhere. The unknown figure appears to be have the features of a "Red Death" victim, which creeps out everyone. The figure scurries off, with Prince Prospero chasing after him with a dagger,passing through all the "Seven Stages of Man" and comes to a halt in the last room, the one colored black/red. When the figure turns around Prospero tries to stab the figure but somehow he falls to the ground, dead. Soon after, the rest of the party starts falling to the floor and dying. In the end, Death conquered over everyone and nobody could escape their own fates. In "Nothing in the Dark" it
In a closer look at Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Masque of the Red Death," is actually no different than Lamont …show more content…
In the beginning of "The Masque of the Red Death" it reads, "The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal — the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution. The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men. And the whole seizure, progress and termination of the disease, were the incidents of half an hour." (The Masque of the Red Death, page one, paragraph one). In order to try and escape this "plague" Prospero invites "a thousand friends" to come and party with him so late he is not left alone during this outbreak. The party lasts for about five or six months without any worries or care. They dance and dance in these colored halls called "The Seven Stages of Man" starting from east to west, from blue to black/red. Merry and cheerful, until the giant clock tolls every hour on the hour and everyone stands frozen until the tolling ceases. After partying for so long, there is an interruption by an uninvited guest, just appearing out of nowhere. The unknown figure appears to be have the features of a "Red Death" victim, which creeps out everyone. The figure scurries off, with Prince Prospero chasing after him with a dagger,passing through all the "Seven Stages of Man" and comes to a halt in the last room, the one colored black/red. When the figure turns around Prospero tries to stab the figure but somehow he falls to the ground, dead. Soon after, the rest of the party starts falling to the floor and dying. In the end, Death conquered over everyone and nobody could escape their own fates. In "Nothing in the Dark" it