The story The Masque of the Red Death as it is written by Edgar Allan Poe holds meanings relating to doom that stretches far beyond oneself tuberculosis, and these themes are made apparent because of the figure in the red mask. One idea that commonly pops into the heads of the readers of this story is that the figure in the red mask embodies and represents the Red Death itself, and I believe this is true. The narrator read "...Now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death" (Poe). Though it is not explicitly stated, it is quite easily inferred that, considering this statement is at the conclusion of the story and after all characters' action, the figure was indeed tuberculosis personified. As it was wearing clothes with colors and symbols
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My interpretation of this came once the story read "...the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay" (Poe). The ebony clock, to me, represents existentialism and a grim, epiphanic reminder of how dark and fleeting life was in that time of the Red Death. Survival is the idea that lives inside of the clock. In a time such as the time of the story, fears of death only faded with death itself, and since all of the partygoers were the gay ones of this story (as it pertains to joyousness), and they died, the clock only could have "died" with them. Happiness was gone, then was all life, so the clock deceased, presumably indefinitely, considering the fact that no one was around to fix it. Chances of life in a death-consumed world were non-existent, thus this could very well be saying (though it is circumstantial) that once the figurative fire on Charmander's tail goes out, hope for the future is gone and that life is gone forever. In relation to the previous paragraph, this means that as long as people are to be "too busy" with their personal activities and indulging in laziness, their community will indefinitely fall without probability of rebound. As I have explained, Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Masque of the Red Death encompasses a strong statement about life and hope, all (or largely in part) thanks to the figure in the red mask, and
My interpretation of this came once the story read "...the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay" (Poe). The ebony clock, to me, represents existentialism and a grim, epiphanic reminder of how dark and fleeting life was in that time of the Red Death. Survival is the idea that lives inside of the clock. In a time such as the time of the story, fears of death only faded with death itself, and since all of the partygoers were the gay ones of this story (as it pertains to joyousness), and they died, the clock only could have "died" with them. Happiness was gone, then was all life, so the clock deceased, presumably indefinitely, considering the fact that no one was around to fix it. Chances of life in a death-consumed world were non-existent, thus this could very well be saying (though it is circumstantial) that once the figurative fire on Charmander's tail goes out, hope for the future is gone and that life is gone forever. In relation to the previous paragraph, this means that as long as people are to be "too busy" with their personal activities and indulging in laziness, their community will indefinitely fall without probability of rebound. As I have explained, Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Masque of the Red Death encompasses a strong statement about life and hope, all (or largely in part) thanks to the figure in the red mask, and