The Masque of the Red Death Essay -- essays research papers

To begin I would like to state that this is the first time I have had the experience of reading Poe and as such the reading process was greatly intriguing. The short story I chose was the Masque of the Red Death, which I found to be very dark and vile. From the scratch of the story to the end I found great concentration on the issues of life and ending, among other things, which made the story very dynamic for its size. Another stratum of interest I found in the story was Poes concentration on historical accuracy as he successfully attempts to illustrate the feudal system at its best. However, two aspects of Poes writing that I did not exactly enjoy was the use of obscure words and seemingly long time which can some times take away from the flow of the story but overall it was enjoyable. In this short story Poe successfully illustrates matters of life and death specifically through imagery and projection of morals through diction and mood. This is important to make note of becau se Poe provides very vivid and precise images pertaining to the message he is trying to convey. The concentration on colour is the most prominent element throughout the story. The use of the colored chambers was greatly effective in delivering its rub down of night and day. However, while the implicit theme of the coloured chambers are in fact night and day it again relates back to the more big theme life and death and the rooms symbolize that progression through life, starting with birth (the...