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“The Masque of the Red Death”

“The Masque of the Red Death”. Why do Prince Prospero and his followers retreat to his palace?. To escape the Red Death Plague. Describe in specific detail the series of rooms in which the Masquerade Ball takes place. A series of 7 rooms in a zig-zag pattern

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“The Masque of the Red Death”

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  1. “The Masque of the Red Death”

  2. Why do Prince Prospero and his followers retreat to his palace? To escape the Red Death Plague

  3. Describe in specific detail the series of rooms in which the Masquerade Ball takes place. • A series of 7 rooms in a zig-zag pattern • To serve as lighting, there are large bowls of burning coals between the rooms.

  4. In the black room there stands a huge ebony grandfather clock. • The decorations match the color of each room. • There is a Gothic window in each room which panes match the color of the room. • The black room’s window panes are the only exception: its panes are “blood” red.

  5. Explain how the party is constantly disrupted. Every time the clock strikes off another hour, the orchestra stops playing and the people stop dancing.

  6. Compare life outside the palace with the life of the people Prospero brought inside. Inside Outside Wealth Poverty Fantasy Reality Life Death; Destruction Happiness Sorrow Health Disease/Sickness Hope Despair

  7. What do you learn about Prospero's character from his desire to keep his palace free of the plague? • He is afraid to die. • He is prejudiced against the poor. • He thinks he can cheat death. (He thinks he can buy his way out.)

  8. What mood or effect is created by the colors and the lighting in the rooms of the ball? • It causes a dream-like effect. • Fantasy

  9. Why does the clock have such a dramatic effect on the dancers? It symbolizes reality; their lives slowly ticking away.

  10. Why does the visitor frighten the guests? • Because he suddenly and mysteriously appears out of nowhere • Because he looks like someone with the Red Death Plague • Because he just stalks to and fro and doesn't talk

  11. List aspects of how Poe builds terror in the story: • Description of the plague’s symptoms • Doors welded shut; one couldn't leave even if one wanted to • Dim, pulsing lights from the burning coals • Black room with the red panes • Appearance and behavior of the intruder • Clock constantly stopping the party

  12. Allegory: • A type of story in which the characters, settings, and events are an interconnected series of SYMBOLS. • The deeper or symbolic meaning of the story may contain a LESSON ABOUT LIFE.

  13. Allegory • set of recognizable symbols whose meanings combine to convey a message. • An allegory always operates on two levels of meaning: • the literal elements of the plot (the colors of the rooms, for example) and their symbolic counterparts, which often involve large philosophical concepts (such as life and death).

  14. What is the allegorical lesson in the story? THEME: One cannot escape his or her fate or death.

  15. Symbolism Connects the theme • Projected symbolism:The author writes without the intent to make things symbolic, but the reader can draw symbols from the story. • Intended symbolism: The author writes with the intent to make things symbolic or representative of something else

  16. Symbolism connects the Theme • Symbol: a person, animal, thing, event, or idea that represents something in addition to itself • heart = love • cross = religion or Christianity • skull = death • red = passion, blood • white = purity, innocence • what could symbolize life? death? freedom? joy? hate? • ***symbols help readers understand the meaning of the story by focusing on specific ideas related to the theme

  17. SYMBOLSWhat might each Symbol from the story represent?

  18. Prince Prospero – Wealth; prosperity He represents mankind's futile attempt to live forever.

  19. The masquerade – Fantasy; escaping from reality

  20. The masked figure – Death in general; More specifically, the Red Death Plague

  21. The number 7 - The Seven Deadly Sins • Gluttony - The overindulgence of anything. • Envy- Jealousy of others. • Lust - Impure thoughts and desires. • Covetousness - The desire for others’ things • Anger-fury, also known as wrath • Pride- An overconfidence in one’s self or one’s abilities • Sloth (Procrastination)- Laziness

  22. The number 7 - • 7; the world was created in 7 days; it symbolizes fullness, completion. • Room 1 (in the east): blue (water-life begins in water in womb) • Room 2: purple: royalty, power (children control, dominate family life) • Room 3: green: growth, life (youth, maturation • Room 4: orange: fertility (adulthood; procreation & productivity) • Room 5: white: purification (part of aging is finding meaning in life & becoming more spiritual) • Room 6: violet: light purple (weakening power as result of aging body) • Room 7: black/ red: evil, death, sorrow, loss • Full spectrum of colors represents the stages of man’s life from birth to death.

  23. WHAT MIGHT EACH COLOR REPRESENT?

  24. Blue Purple Green Orange White Violet Black Going from East to West:

  25. BLUE Masculinity; Sadness; Melancholy; Calm

  26. PURPLE Royalty

  27. GREEN Envy; luck; growth

  28. ORANGE Caution ;fertility

  29. WHITE Purity; peace

  30. Violet Mystery; sprituality

  31. BLACK Death; mourning

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