The eerie mood covers every words of the story, from the luxurious masquerade ball to the death of everyone attending in that ball. The readers can always feel that there is an old man speaking slowly with a deep voice, who already knows what happens next, and the mood is made by the way he tells us this scary story. The horror of the tone is emphasized and contributes to the theme of “The Masque of the Red Death” – no one can escape the death. “The Masque of the Red Death” can be considered as a simple story; however, it is a story full with symbols. The seven rooms
Shannon Firkins Ambition is a common downfall for those who seek and gain power. In literature, authors portray the harmful effects of ambition through their characters. In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare the main character Macbeth changes from a kind-hearted warrior to an egotistical ruler because of his ambition. The poem “Ozymandias,” by Percy Bysshe Shelley, tells the story of a traveler who comes across an old ruined statue. The inscription on the statue says “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, Look on my Works ye Mighty and Despair.” This is ironic because everything around the statue, or the “works” are in ruins.
When the clock rings each hour, its sound is so loud and distracting that everyone stops talking and the orchestra stops playing. When the clock is not sounding, though, the rooms are so beautiful and strange that they seem to be filled with dreams, swirling among the revelers. At midnight an unexpected guess shows up and he appears to be suffering from Red Death. Prospero follow the unexpected guess into the black and red room and as soon as he confronts the figure he dies. I believe this story is related to the seven stages of men because no matter how beautiful the castle, how luxuriant the clothing, or how rich the food, no mortal, not even a prince, can escape
Fire imagery embodies Romeo’s rash anger after the death of his friend Mercutio, “And fiery-eyed fury by my conduct now! Now Tybalt, take the ‘villain’ back again ” (3.1.124-125). Romeo’s fury and thirst for revenge clouds his reason, he breaks the peace set by the Prince by killing Tybalt. The consequence for his blind rage will be banishment, and to Romeo this fate is worse than death. Later in the play, Friar Lawrence says to Romeo, “Like powder in a skilless soldier's flask, Is set afire by thine own ignorance, And thou dismembered with thine own defence” (3.3.132).
In the Masque Of The Red Death, Edgar Allan Poe tells us about Prince Prospero, a man trying to escape death by secluding himself in his castle along with a thousand of his friends, while the deadly disease is ravaging his dominions. The setting is very crucial in the story because it affects each action happening. Every part of the setting makes the characters act the way they do. If the Plague wasn't an aspect of the setting of the story, Prince Prospero might not have had hosted the masquerade ball, his friends wouldn’t be isolated with him in hopes of avoiding sickness, and the rest of the population wouldn't be dying. The Plague, also known as the black death, was one of the most fatal pandemics to ever happen.
Poe describes through this quote that our reactions towards death as being one where we do our best to ignore it. The actions the prince takes while the disease is raging out of control outside the sealed walls of the castle is one where he takes the would-be fear of the horrors taking place outside, and turns it into a party to drag away the attention from death for himself as well as the guests. This action by the prince, which results in the complete disregard of the dying outside world, shows that in the face of death, not only do we attempt to avoid dying, but we also try to avoid experiencing the fear of dying. Secondly, Poe’s use of allegory shows an accurate depiction of life and its stages, the final stage being the one that we attempt to avoid. The seven rooms that are outlined in the castle are somewhat of a journey through life as they progress down the hall.
Kent asks the gentleman “to make” his “speed to Dover” and make “just report of how unnatural and bemadding sorrow the king hath cause to plain”. There, he will find Cordelia, who will recognize him by the ring Kent has given him. With the fool close behind, trying in vain to calm him, Lear wanders about deliriously on a “night” which “pities neither wise man nor fool”. As Lear urges the storm to destroy the human race and his “ two pernicious daughters”, Kent finds him. Kent eventually convinces Lear to seek shelter in “a hovel”.
“It was towards the close of the fifth or sixth month of his thousand friends at a masked ball of the most unusual magnificence.”(234) In contrast the prince prospers show that not only was the “happy and dauntless and sagacious.”(234) By the end of the story, however the prince Prospero was really upset because of that person only did he invaded his party but also his castle. By just yelling and telling his guard to catch him “And now was acknowledged the presence of the red death.” Never expecting that death will only show up, but the way of showing up was that “he had become like a thief in the night.” (237) how did the narrator died on the story? One critic, David R. Dudley, argues the impression that not only did the narrator on “The Red Death” never
He questioned the worth of his own life, and became suicidal. Hamlet proves this when he says, “Or that the Everlasting had not fixed his canon 'gainst self-slaughter!” (1.2.131). Soon after his grief ridden soliloquy, Horatio and the guards brought news of a ghost sighting. Supposedly, the ghost was Hamlet's father. Later in the last scene of Act 1, Hamlet accompanies the guards to the platform on which the ghost was spotted.
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Revealing the Poison In the classic novel, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” published in the Victorian period of England in 1890, a young heir, Dorian Gray, is heavily influenced by one Lord Henry Wotton which leads to the downfall and poisoning of his entire life. “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” captures the nature of human beauty and the harmful consequences of manipulation. Lord Henry is a character enthralled with ideas of philosophy that challenge normal societal ideas. He is a wealthy Lord who spends his time visiting with friends, attending social parties, and observing plays at the theatre. Lord Henry’s obsession with Dorian leads Dorian to a life full of immoral activities such as drugs, meaningless sex, and the murder of famed artist and friend, Basil Hallward.