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Symbolism in "The Masque of the Red Death" The horrific disease, “Red Death”, is highlighted and running through the story, The Masque of the Red Death, by Edgar Allan Poe. It also brings out the memories of the Black Death of Europe during the Middle Ages. The protagonist was the Prince Prospero. When his dominions were depopulated, he brought one thousand people went into hiding in a castellated abbey in order to avoid the fatal disease. He decorated and provided all the appliances of pleasure…

The author of the article Gender, Toys and Learning is Becky Francis, who is a Professor of Education and Social Justice, as well as the author of many other academic journal articles and books. Francis’ research was funded by the Froebel Research Institute and published in the journal Oxford Review of Education in 2010. The study focused on the favourite toys and DVDs of children aged three to five. Francis aimed to investigate whether these leisure resources were gendered, and to analyse the…

research article is credible and scholarly, it is important to not only look at the credibility of the authors, but to also look at the significance of the article, the potential gaps in the study and ensure the article comes from a peer-reviewed journal. There are two very different methods of scholarly research; quantitative and qualitative. Quantitative research uses statistical analysis and is more rigid. The data is of primary importance and conclusions are drawn from the interpretation…

During my educational career I was a participant in program called The College Crusades of Rhode Island. The College Crusades of Rhode Island is a college readiness program. Since the third grade I toured several colleges, learned how apply for college, studied good academic writing, was educated on financial welfare and had many classes on understanding how to choose your career. When it came to choosing my own career my view was stuck between what is practical and what do I love? I had a flare…

medium. The first source that I will be exploring in this essay comes from the Journal of Sustainable Tourism. The article, entitled “Integrating Indigenous values with capitalism through tourism: Alaskan experiences and outstanding issues” focuses on the relationship between the indigenous people of Barrow, Alaska and the tourism that sustains a sizeable part of their economy. The…

The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe follows numerous traditions of Gothic fiction and can be analyzed as an allegory demonstrating the inevitability of death. Prince Prospero is the main character of this short story and seeks a solution to the plague of the Red Death that is consuming his people at a rapid pace. In a hurry to escape the disease, he brings along those who have not been infected and settles in a castellated abbey. For fear of any form of disease to enter the castle,…

Often in short stories, symbols are present. Symbols represent meanings beyond what they literally are in the story. In the short story, The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe, the gigantic ebony clock is symbolic. The ebony clock is symbolic because it symbolizes death and that time never stops. Symbols represent something other than themselves, which is significant to the story. The ebony clock in the seventh room symbolizes death. According to the short story, it…

Have you ever heard of lucid dreaming, and is it all it thought up to be? There is also a negative consequence that can occur. Are teenager more at risk from suffering from sleep paralysis due to this trend. Lucid dreaming is where you are aware of dreaming. During lucid dreaming, you may be able to have control over the dream characters, story, and environment. Can lucid dreaming have multiple negative side effects on people and especially teenagers that attempt or have succeeded in doing?…

“The Masque of Red Death” by Edgar Allen Poe is a deliciously creepy short story. The “Red Death” is showing Edgar Allen Poe’s view on the Black Plague. This plague took over the fantasy country. It's incredibly fatal, horribly gruesome, and it's already killed off half the kingdom, one might say “Blood was its Avatar.” “Meanwhile, in a panic, healthy people did all they could to avoid the sick.” The story goes into detail how people would do whatever it may take to stay healthy, this quote is…

While it is not often true that magazine and mass media writers get the essence of a scientific study correct in their entertainment based interpretations, Alice Park of TIME magazine did just that in her article “Feeling Alone Together: How Loneliness Spreads” when interpreting and portraying the research done by John T. Cacioppo et al in their research “Alone in the Crowd: The Structure and Spread of Loneliness in a Large Social Network.” The overall flow of Park’s article is consistent with…