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SYMBOLISM

The Masque of the Red Death. SYMBOLISM. Colors of the room symbolized emotions. Blue room---CALM/TRANQUILITY Purple room—ROYALTY Green room---LUCK/ENVY Orange room ---CAUTION White room---PURITY/PEACE Violet room ---FEMININITY Black room –--EVIL/FEAR/DEATH Scarlet – DANGER/DESIRE/BLOOD.

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SYMBOLISM

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  1. The Masque of the Red Death SYMBOLISM

  2. Colors of the room symbolized emotions Blue room---CALM/TRANQUILITY Purple room—ROYALTY Green room---LUCK/ENVY Orange room ---CAUTIONWhite room---PURITY/PEACE Violet room ---FEMININITYBlack room –--EVIL/FEAR/DEATH Scarlet – DANGER/DESIRE/BLOOD

  3. The number 7 symbolizes the Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony Envy Lust Greed Anger Pride Sloth

  4. Each room=different stage of human life • BLUE – Birth • PURPLE – Growth • GREEN- Youth • ORANGE- Autumn of life • WHITE-Age (white hair & bones) • VIOLET- Darkness • BLACK- Death • The Red Death walked from Blue Room to the Black Room---it walks the course of life, leading from birth to death. • Prospero & his followers metaphorically & literally walk the “course of life to death”

  5. The Clock = The Passing of Life The Masquerade= Fantasy, Escape from Reality Castellated Abbey = Confinement; Worldly Power; Threatening

  6. The Red Death • “like a thief in the night” = a line taken from the Thessalonians 5:4 (referring to last judgment when you least expect it) • Represents the end of the world • Prince & followers (sinners) ignore the inevitable & were “caught unprepared”; indulging in the “pleasures of the world” • Poe may have been trying to warn people ---to be prepared for death and not to act like we will live forever “And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all”

  7. Group project: symbolism • Decide on an OVERALL THEME for your room • You MUST have at least 6 items that specifically symbolize something • You MUST COLOR your room. • Make a “Legend” for your symbols • Your title is the THEME of your room • You will be graded on: CREATIVITY,ORIGINALITY, PARTICIPATION, 6 ITEMS meaning/theme • REMEMBER: THIS IS A TEST GRADE!!!

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