| We are born just to wait for death, as it awaits for us oh so patiently.Do you find it ironic? Life such a beautiful lie and death such a painful truth to the living. Within the story “The Mask of The Red Death” Edgar Allen Poe fills his story to the brim with symbolism explaining how escaping death is a pleasure none shall experience.A glass of wine never to be savored by the richest of men.No matter what percautions you take to avoid death he is waiting to put you in his collection. Their are many symbols that thoughly portay the moral of the story.One that stood out the most to me was the Ebony clock.The clock is seen as a constant reminder that time is passing even though they baracaded themselfs in their fortress.It is seen as a countdown to death reminder of time passing .Each time an hour would pass a realization would come upon them. “At each lapse of an hour, the musicians of the orchestra were constrained to pause, momentarily, in their performance, to “And now acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revelers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each on the despairing posture of his fall” (49). These lines from Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Masque of the Red Death” show the fear that humans have of death and not being in control of their fate. In “Masque of the Red Death”, the theme that death is unavoidable is developed through the use of irony, setting, and symbolism. Irony is shown in “The Masque of the Red Death” by Prince Prospero thinking he could outsmart death. The Red Death is a devastating disease. It causes the infected person to bleed from their pores, and it took them 30 minutes to die. In order to not become infected with the Red Death, Prince Prospero goes into hiding. The Prince “...summoned to his presence a thousand hale light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys” (45). This shows the efforts of Prince Prospero to protect himself and the other rich people from the Red Death. The Prince thinks that he can avoid the disease. The Prince Prospero also thought that “The external world could take care of itself… All these and security were within. Without was the Red Death” (45). This shows how Prince Prospero was certain that he could escape the Red Death and that he would be safe. Although the Prince Prospero thought that he was completely safe from the Red Death; he was wrong. The narrator states, “And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all” (49). In the end everyone the Prince brought into hiding, including himself, dies. This shows that death is unavoidable no matter what is done to try and stop it. Another literary element that Poe incorporates to support the theme that death is unavoidable in “The Masque of the Red Death” is setting. The design of the area in which they are safe from the Red Death is uniquely set up to protect the Prince and his friends. The Prince and his guests “resolved to leave means neither of ingress or egress to the sudden impulses of despair or of frenzy from within” (45). This shows how the Have you ever heard the quote “you may delay, but time will not” by Benjamin Franklin? In “The Masque of the Red Death,” this is exactly the case. The story, about arrogance in power, time, and the inevitableness of death, takes place within Prince Prospero’s palace. As the prince secludes himself and several others from the rest of the kingdom, he attempts to avoid the horrible disease of the red death. At the prince’s party, seven rooms of the palace are decorated with different colors to symbolize the stages of life. Prince Prospero enters the black room, which represents death, in attempt to confront a guest and there his life ends. “The Masque of the Red Death” has several points of irony throughout the story. The name of the main character, his power and fame, and the inequality present within the people are all examples of irony throughout the story. …show more content… The name “Prospero” appears to represent financial prosperity or having a prosperousness life. The prince’s life is in fact, so prosperous, that he uses it to his advantage. His wealth and power allow him to close the gates of his palace and avoid the rest of the kingdom, intending to ultimately avoid the plague of the red death. “But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious.” The fact that he is described as “dauntless” and “sagacious” in the story is ironic due to his fate. Eventually, Prospero finds out that although he is fearless, wise, and prosperous, he cannot be Show More  Show In “The Masque of Red Death,” it is ironic that Prince Prospero locks himself in the castle, hoping to seal his dreaded death, but ends up trapping it in. Poe writes, “There was a sharp cry- and the dagger dropped gleaming upon the sable carpet, upon of which, instantly afterward, fell prostrate in death the Prince Prospero”(60). By trapping death inside his castle, Prince Prospero dies just as quick as the others. Despite the fact that his name is Prince Prospero, coming from prosper or prosperous, he doesn't prosper from anything. The prince also tried having a masquerade party in celebration of his heroic alacrity, but everyone died from the disease while in his isolated castle. “The Tell Tale Heart,” describes the old man, the narrator targets to murder, locking himself in his own home trying to keep out evil. He attempted to shut out the evil from the outside,“... His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness (for the shutters were close fastened, through fear of robbers)...”(75). But, the old man kept the evil inside, the narrator. No matter how much the victim tried to keep the corruption outside from attacking him, it still got to him. The old man locked up his house, closed all windows and shutters, making it pitch black so that he could feel safe. Fear was more disadvantageous than Show More What is ironic about the appearance of the Red Death to the Abbey?Why is the appearance of the Red Death in Prince Prospero's abbey so ironic? He had done everything he could to keep it out. How does the sound of the ebony clock striking the hour make the readers feel? Nervous, anxious, and concerned.
What did the Red Death symbolize to Poe?Poe's most prolific use of color in the story is his use of both red, which to him symbolized terror, horror, an ending of life; and black, which symbolized death and destruction.
What are some examples of situational irony from The Masque of the Red Death?Irony was something that there was few examples of; but there was one large one that was evident in the entire story: Prince Prospero had locked himself and others inside his castellated abbey, and the Red Death brought itself upon the place, and the entire group and the Prospero himself, had locked themselves inside ...
What is one theme from the story Red Death?Throughout this story, Poe addresses a few distinguishable themes, or ideas meant to convey universal messages: humanity's desire to escape death, madness, and human selfishness.
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