Literary Analysis Essay On The Masque Of The Red Death

THE "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal --the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution. The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.

I. Introduction Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most important American writers of the nineteenth century. Much of his work was inspired by the events that happened around him. Poe's works embodied the short stories creative theories and the eternal theme he devoted to his life: the horror after beauty has gone, the horror of death, the horror of gloom and the horror of weird phenomena. Published in 1842, The Masque of the Red Death was the representative of Poe’s aesthetics and writing themes. In this horror story, "Red Death" is rampant outside the walls of the Royal Palace.

A wise man named Albert Einstein once said, “We all try to escape pain and death, while we seek what is pleasant.” Death has always and will always come to those who are mortal. Death is not a simple thing that can easily be escaped, it will root out any hidden individual, wherever they are obscured and will carry out its duty. Just like in the story, “The Masque of the Red Death,” death will stop at nothing to destroy life. A man name Prince Prospero and his followers learned this lesson the hard way.

Has fear ever caused you to commit an act you knew was morally wrong? Fear can get a hold of someone and completely change their morals, concerns, or how they feel about certain people. It can cloud your mind and make you think irrationally in certain situations. Fear is a feeling that can harm someone emotionally and physically. In stories such as: “The Tell-Tale Heart”, ”The Pit and the Pendulum”, and “The Masque of Red Death”, Edgar Allan Poe displays the use of symbolism, irony, and imagery to paint a picture in the reader’s mind.

Edgar Allen Poe is a well-known poet and author, who was born on January 19, 1809. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Poe quickly learned the hardships of life, as he was born into poverty and later became orphaned. His father abandoned him at a very young age and following, his mother died of tuberculosis. Poe was moved to a foster home with John and Frances Allen, which with whom he lived with for most of his childhood. Though was never adopted by them, he had a close connection with them, especially his with foster mother that he loved immensely.

Poe’s writing style is all the same throughout all of his stories. Poe wrote, “Cask of Amontillado”, “The Masque of the Red Death”, “The Fall of the House of Usher” and the poem, “Spirits of the Dead.” All three of these stories and the poem have death and depression. These stories and the poem represent Poe’s life and what he went through as a child. At many times in Poe’s life he often felt alone and depressed.

“Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe is full of literary elements such as antagonist, climax, imagery, personification, and symbolism. Throughout the plenary story these elements are present. The antagonist, or ‘villain’, of “Masque of the Red Death” is the Red Death. It is the antagonist because it causes all of the tribulation in the story.

Death, love, darkness, betrayal, greed, and cruelty are all themes that Edgar Allen Poe use in his stories. He uses these themes with different settings and characters, which all relate. The Tell Tale Heart and The Black Cat are two of Poe’s stories that have different settings and characters but have the same themes. Edgar Allen Poe was a nineteenth century author who wrote stories. His stories were full of mystery, suspense and horror.

The Man Whose Insanity was Read by Millions “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity ”(Ackroyd 96). Edgar Allen Poe was born on July 19,1809 to Eliza and David Poe, who were actors. He became an orphan at a young age and suffered with the many deaths in his life. As a result of the suffering Edgar Allan Poe began to get addicted to alcohol and opium. Edgar Allan Poe used the tragedy, suffering, and addiction in his life to produce some of the most famous literary works.

Michelle Sweet 3-1-17 Mrs. Ruiz 1st hour Heartbreak Some of us believe that heartbreaks can be one of the hardest things to recover from in this world. From my understanding, Poe takes heartbreak personally and suffers greatly from it. He suffers from the loss of his life long love, Lenore and goes into a very deep and great depression stage of his life.

Edgar was born in Boston, Massachusetts in the year of 1809. Edgar's mother perished when he was only two years old, by this time, his father had deserted him. Between the ages of 6 and 11, he was granted to go to boarding school in England. After, he turned 18, Poe issued a volume of poems and drafted in the army for 2 years. Poe's predicaments didn't leave during his childhood and continued to haunt him into his adult life.

“A poem must be thought out; it must be sequentially organized, with each emotion and idea logically proceeding from its predecessor…remaining indelibly in the memory”, Edgar Allan Poe once said. As a result, Edgar Allan Poe’s started his career as a poet in the mid 1800’s. Poe was known for his dark short stories, critical theories, and his poems. Even though Poe struggled with his emotions of loss of loved ones, he expressed his emotions through his writing and became a relatable, award-winning poet.