The author of the story Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe is about a prince who tries to avoid the red death. He locks himself in a castle. With loud music he stays in the castle and surrounded by the rich and the poor people were outside listening to how the prince partied. He had the door closed so no poor person can come in. Towards the end the red death came in and killed everyone inside. In this story we talk about the ebony clock and room east to west and finally we talk about allegory. The ebony clock represents morality.Itn the farthest room and it symbolizes death. When the prince went to the last room he died. The last room was dark and had the clock. It symbolizes how you cannot avoid death. Death is going to come
