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Symbolism In "The Masque Of The Red Death"
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"The Masque of the Red Death" conjures up thoughts of mortality, rapture, and social hierarchies. The most accurate reading produces an allegory for the mortality of humanity, and more importantly the absoluteness of this mortality. Poe is careful not to preach an judgment of repentance and revela ....
Middle of essay ....te. With the knowledge of Poe's Biblical awareness, this becomes significant. Christianity consists of absolute truths. Humanity is unable to thoroughly sift through worldly affairs, seeing things in shades of gray. The Christian faith sees God as one of supreme knowledge, possessing the ability to see everything as right or wrong, or as in the common phrase "black and white." The omnipotent actions of the clock suggest the presence of a supreme or divine power. The colors of the clock enforce t.... |
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