Till Death Do Us Part Masquerades are supposed to be fun, until a disease kills everyone. The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe is a dark and mysterious story. With the black plague going around, Prince Prospero tries to stay alive so he throws a party and invites his friends to join in. He locks everyone in his castle in hopes that death will not get to him and his friends. Unfortunately him along with all of his friends die. Poe’s short story is one of a kind, it shows strong symbolisms that lead to the overall theme that death will always find who it is looking for. There is no running from destiny, and everyone’s destiny is death. Poe loves to make people think, so he uses a multitude of symbolisms. With each item that he uses
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Poe wants to convey quite a strong message with his short story The Masque of the Red Death and this is exactly what he did. The overall theme in this story is death will always find who it is looking for. There is no running from our destinies nor can we hide from it. Poe shares this life lesson with us very clearly when he states, “And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all” (452). The Red Death, predominantly known as the masked figure, took control. He gained the ultimate power by killing all who are at the party. It is not acceptable enough to just kill those outside the castle, but there is a further need to kill those in the castle as well. Hereafter, there is no where anyone can go to shield themselves from the Red Death anymore. Even if they want to turn and rush out, death will find them wherever they go. It is their destiny to die right here, right now. Those of them that are lucky enough to be invited try to hide and protect themselves in the castle from the Red Death, but completely fail. They realize that there is no running or hiding from the inevitable. It will happen at some point, and at this moment in time, it is the guests time to go. The Red Death is not in the castle in the beginning. He comes after the party has been going for a while. When the masked figure first shows up everyone is startled to say the least. Poe has the Red Death appear making the scene more mysterious, …show more content…
The hallways and welded locks can symbolize either a positive or a negative path, which way it goes depends on the decisions that we make in our lifetimes. Life is an amazing adventure, people need to live up before they go. Everyone at this masquerade is living it up until their last moment when death decides to take their lives. Although the Masquerade ended in death there is much to learn from the story about embracing our
Poe wants to convey quite a strong message with his short story The Masque of the Red Death and this is exactly what he did. The overall theme in this story is death will always find who it is looking for. There is no running from our destinies nor can we hide from it. Poe shares this life lesson with us very clearly when he states, “And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all” (452). The Red Death, predominantly known as the masked figure, took control. He gained the ultimate power by killing all who are at the party. It is not acceptable enough to just kill those outside the castle, but there is a further need to kill those in the castle as well. Hereafter, there is no where anyone can go to shield themselves from the Red Death anymore. Even if they want to turn and rush out, death will find them wherever they go. It is their destiny to die right here, right now. Those of them that are lucky enough to be invited try to hide and protect themselves in the castle from the Red Death, but completely fail. They realize that there is no running or hiding from the inevitable. It will happen at some point, and at this moment in time, it is the guests time to go. The Red Death is not in the castle in the beginning. He comes after the party has been going for a while. When the masked figure first shows up everyone is startled to say the least. Poe has the Red Death appear making the scene more mysterious, …show more content…
The hallways and welded locks can symbolize either a positive or a negative path, which way it goes depends on the decisions that we make in our lifetimes. Life is an amazing adventure, people need to live up before they go. Everyone at this masquerade is living it up until their last moment when death decides to take their lives. Although the Masquerade ended in death there is much to learn from the story about embracing our