Death and chaos rules all, like in the "Masque of the Red Death", no matter how hard one tries, death comes on swift wings. The setting in this story is set in a vey dark and gothic. symbolism plays an important role in the "Masque of the Red Death". There are 3 main examples of this, color, name and numbers.
The colors in the story show what the underlining attitude and feelings and emotion. For example "the western or black chamber" indicates a sense of death when compared to the other six rooms. Poe compares the color of the window pane to the color of blood, which implies that blood may be a factor in the plot of the story. As the prince runs from the "red death"
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