The Masque of the Red Death

-Allegory- a work with two layers of meaning, where the persons, objects, and events stand for abstract ideas or qualities.

Prince- thought he could escape the plague. He couldn't escape the plague.
Abbey- was a refuge from the plague. It became a place of death.
Series of 7 rooms- all had life but the scarlet room meant death. They all die in the black room. Stages of life.
Clock- life/death. Stops ticking when last person dies.
Stranger- the plague. No one can escape it.

The plague had killed many people, they would have sharp pains, dizziness, lots of bleeding and then die.
-The prince thought it would be a good idea to save some of his people. They went into a closed abbey and it was provided with supplies and different kinds of people. Then he shut everyone else out. They started to party!
-The clock is in the bed room with the black and scarlet furniture. The clock represents evil or death. It strikes every hour and everything freezes and the people are confused and nervous.
-Nobody will sleep in the apartment because it has the clock. It is the farthest one back and its scary! All the other rooms have life but this room is death.
-A masked stranger comes out of the dark room, people are surprised, their horrified and then disgusted.
-The stranger represents death. He is dressed like death, he has a mask that looks like a skeleton, he has blood all over him.
-The Prince is mad and orders his men to take him away to be killed. No one will move to the dark side and kill him. They let the stranger walk the whole length of the room. Prince tries to kill him but the stranger kills everyone he walks by without touching them.
-The stranger represents the plague. He is not a real man but a dark side. The Prince tries to escape the plague but it was impossible.