The Masque of the Red Death

Allegory: ( 2 layers of meaning) an allegorical tale, most of the persons, objects, and events stand for abstract ideas or qualities. Ex; a bird might represent freedom
- The prince was fearless, wise, and happy.
- The abbey was the death house
- The series of seven rooms was all the different stages of death that they had to pass through. The seventh floor was the room of death. It was a black room with red velvet curtains.
- The clock, every time the clock would strike everybody would go silent and still so the Red Death could kill them. Death is getting closer and closer every time it chimes.
- The stranger is the ghost of death or in other words the Red Death
- Dance Macabre is the dance of death.
The scary parts of stories is the suspense and knows that its going to happen but not knowing when.