Edgar Allan Poe is one of the greatest literary writers known to man. He is the type of writer who uses symbols in all of his stories to illustrate the main point of the plot. In The Masque of the Red Death, he uses the colors to represent the stages of life. He uses the seventh room to personify death and the clock as a time limit for the characters in the short story. When people read the story they get an idea about how Poe visualizes the way his story should go.
“There were buffoons, there were improvisatori, there were ballet-dancers, there were musicians, there was Beauty, there was wine. All these and security were within. Without was the “Red Death.”(Poe) He uses the main character, Prince Prospero, to give the reader the ability to envision the art of the story. The reader views the art he portrays throughout the story is his abbey, the rooms, and the party. For example, the ballet-dancers, musicians and Beauty are many things that Prince Prospero uses as art, but with art there is pleasure. He uses wine and buffoons as examples to keep the guests from thinking about the Red Death. …show more content…
Poe uses the color ebony and it’s meaning to represent death. “In the process of the story, of course, the seventh chamber more and more becomes the center of attention, and with it the clock of ebony which symbolizes the structure of temporality under lying and terminating all human activity.”(Zapf) Zapf explains to the reader that the seventh room is avoided because of the clock that is in the room, as well as, the colors. Prince Prospero designs the room with the colors red and black to epitomize death. He adds a “gigantic, ebony clock” to the room. (Poe) Every time the clock chimes, it is giving Prince Prospero and his guests a warning about how much time they have left until it runs
“There were buffoons, there were improvisatori, there were ballet-dancers, there were musicians, there was Beauty, there was wine. All these and security were within. Without was the “Red Death.”(Poe) He uses the main character, Prince Prospero, to give the reader the ability to envision the art of the story. The reader views the art he portrays throughout the story is his abbey, the rooms, and the party. For example, the ballet-dancers, musicians and Beauty are many things that Prince Prospero uses as art, but with art there is pleasure. He uses wine and buffoons as examples to keep the guests from thinking about the Red Death. …show more content…
Poe uses the color ebony and it’s meaning to represent death. “In the process of the story, of course, the seventh chamber more and more becomes the center of attention, and with it the clock of ebony which symbolizes the structure of temporality under lying and terminating all human activity.”(Zapf) Zapf explains to the reader that the seventh room is avoided because of the clock that is in the room, as well as, the colors. Prince Prospero designs the room with the colors red and black to epitomize death. He adds a “gigantic, ebony clock” to the room. (Poe) Every time the clock chimes, it is giving Prince Prospero and his guests a warning about how much time they have left until it runs