Part one of term paper
Edgar Allen Poe's “The Masque of the Red Death” is an elaborate allegory that combines objects in the story with visual descriptions to give focus to the reader's imagination. In the story, a prince named Prospero tries to dodge the Red Death through isolation and seclusion. He hides behind impenetrable walls of his castellated abbey and ...

Part two of term paper
... his castle symbolically hinted the coming of death: "The seventh apartment was closely shrouded in black velvet tapestries that hung all over the ceiling and down the walls, falling in heavy folds upon a carpet of the same material and hue." This dark manner in which the castle was decorated conforms to the image of the Prince being a ruthless, uncaring ruler. Prince Prospero’s actions proved to be cowardly, as he and his selection of knights, dames, and nobles, retreated into his castle. He thou ...