Symbolism In The Masque Of The Red Death

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The Masque of the Red Death
Why is it that everyone fears death but knows that as an individual will have to face death itself sooner or later in our lifetime? Death is inescapable, but yet as a human being everyone contains its time. People choose to eat healthy so they maintain a healthy diet, people don't take risks; containing deaths time. In the “Masque of the Red Death” Edgar Allan Poe uses the symbolic meaning behind the seven chambers to reveal the idea that death itself is inescapable no matter how much we try to contain it’s time.
In “Masque of the Red Death” a plaque known as the Red Death made its way through a fictional country in which the story takes place. The king himself, Prospero, throws a masquerade ball with only wealthy knights and ladies to keep the spirits of the people up. While at the masquerade a strange guest appears and all of the party guests avoid he/it thus avoiding death. Prospero confronts the guest and dies instantly of the Red Death.
The seven chambers in “Masque of a Red Death” all hold a symbolic meaning behind the colors. The rooms continue westward, according to this design, in the following color arrangement: blue, purple, green, orange, white and violet. “The seventh chamber was closely shrouded in black velvet tapestries that hung all over over the
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Prospero throws a masquerade ball, however, unwittingly positions him as a caged animal, with no possible escape (Poe). Prospero’s arrogant belief that he can use his wealth to fend off the natural, tragic progress of life leaves him to take the power he has to his head. He turns his wealth into a model of self-defense and decadent self-indulgence. Prospero ignores that here is a deathly plague in the country in which him and many other wealthy people live, and chooses to ignore