Every time people ask me about the tragedy that happened. It only reminds me of the awful moments that I had to go through. Unbelievable, Chaos and Terrorism are the only words I could use to describe what happened that day. I was petrified with fear. I thought that was the last day of my existence.
The last room is black which represents death, with red panes which is the color of blood. These chambers can be symbolic of the cycle of life. Since there are seven chambers, they can symbolize the seven deadly sins as well. The guests of the masquerade were sinning because they were drinking and partying, while the rest of the world was dying of disease. This is ironic because the party is being held in a church.
Literature Comparison Paper – Faulkner vs. Poe The literary theme I chose for this paper is death. In this class, this particular theme stood out to me because the use of death usually corresponds with sadness and despair. It is a topic that is rarely used in conjunction with love, especially love of the dead, which in this case, is necrophilia. Using two different literary forms, I will demonstrate how the authors develop this theme in their respective works. The first piece of literature I will discuss is a short story by William Faulkner, entitled A Rose for Emily.
Readers must, of course, be familiar with some Holocaust history to realize what Wilner is writing about. Then Wilner describes the way that the dead were buried standing up for lack of room, calling it the "underground / train to Sheol..." (5-6). In ancient Jewish theology, Sheol represented the underworld, or the afterlife. It was a place to which everyone went, no matter how one had lived one's life. Continuing with the train imagery, Wilner writes that the Holocaust was a "rush hour of ghosts" (7).
When the narrator does not leave the house till the house has completely collapsed the reader also starts feeling trapped. Since Poe also uses the word “house” metaphorically, the reader also learns that this confinement can symbolise the biological fate of the Usher family. Also, since the narrator had previously personified the house, by noticing its “eyelike windows”, the house seems to be in itself a member of the Usher family, which, when the last of the family members die, collapses on the previous inhabitants still bodies. Throughout his story, Poe uses the setting
The themes that occur every day and in the novel “Destroying Avalon” and the film “The Colour Purple” are death/loss, bullying and relationships. Death/loss is something that occurs every day in society and people must overcome it to move on with their lives. Death is an equaliser to mankind regardless of our social structure, we all view death as a sadness because it is the end of our physical relationships. However the death of a young person is what creates the most despair for those who are left behind. For example in “Destroying Avalon” Avalon had to face the death of her best friend Marshall who took his own life because of being bullied for so many years and not letting anyone to support him through his tough times.
The Cornice, or ledge, found on line 20 is the last step before the end of the town and before crossing over and heading to eternity. Symbolism in Poetry 3 Emily Dickinson shows even more symbolism in the poem, “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” in
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.
The idea that her aunt would lock her away in the Red Room, the place where her husband had lain before his death, shows us what kind of fear her aunt wants to invoke in the child. She believes that were she to put her in the cold chamber, her dead husbands haunting presence will be felt by Jane and perhaps make her more compliant to her whims and demands instead of being a outspoken and intelligent child that Jane shows the potential to be. Through her first illusions in the red room, Jane shows her first symptoms of hysteria, the closed spaces, the extravagant furnishings, the pale moonlight are all symbols of male domination.
When the Prince pursued him to the corner of the seventh room, he died because of the Red Death, and so did other people. The most important elements that make “The Masque of the Red Death” an interesting story is the symbolism, the horrific tone, and the meaningful theme. Tone is the mood, the atmosphere of a story. In “The Masque of the Red Death”, tone is the base that makes the meaning of the story. It’s dark, horrific, and grave.