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The Masque Of Red Death: No One Can Hide From Death
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In "The Masque of Red Death", Edgar Allen Poe tells a story of human denial
and struggle with death, especially among the wealthy. Poe uses powerful
images of sensual texture, color and symbols to show the passing of time
and life.
Prince Prospero along with "a thousand hale and lighthearted fri ....
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....thly time. Time in this story is seen in
the symbol of the "gigantic clock of ebony" (203) which is draped in black
velvet and located in the final room. Although the clock is an object, it
quickly takes on human aspects as Poe describes it as having a face and
lungs from which comes a sound that is "exceedingly musical" but "so
peculiar" (203).
The rooms were irregularly set up so that you could see little more than
one room at a time. This can also be taken as a suggesting that we as
human.... |
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