The Symbolism In Masque Of The Red Death
Symbolism is used when the author wants a place or an object in the story to represent something bigger. In Masque of the Red Death the black chamber, the costumed stranger and the clock chiming all symbolize something that helps us tie it back to the fact that death is inevitable. That you cannot escape it no matter where you go, high or low.
In the story there are different chambers, rom blue to black, and each of these chambers represents the different stages of life. When the costumed stranger showed up put fear in everyone, Prince Prospero “rushed through the six chambers”(172) after the Costumed stranger. As soon as he got to the black chamber, where the stranger was ,he “fell prostranted in death”(179). This tells us that
In the story there are different chambers, rom blue to black, and each of these chambers represents the different stages of life. When the costumed stranger showed up put fear in everyone, Prince Prospero “rushed through the six chambers”(172) after the Costumed stranger. As soon as he got to the black chamber, where the stranger was ,he “fell prostranted in death”(179). This tells us that