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In "The Masque of Red Death", Edgar Allen Poe tells a story of human denial and struggle with death, especially among the wealthy. Poe uses powerful images of sensual texture, color and symbols to show the passing of time and life. Prince Prospero along with "a ....

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.... selected should be cared for. After the fifth or sixth month together a masquerade is planned, and in typical "Poesque" fashion the great halls are described in imagery that foreshadows a horror to follow. The "masque" takes place in the imperial suite, which consisted of seven very distinct rooms. Seven being a symbol - seven wonders of the world, seven deadly sins with seven corresponding cardinal virtues. Seven also suggesting the stages of one's life, from birth to death (Birth, childhood, teenage, young adult, middle age, old age, death). The seven rooms are laid out from east to west, reminding us of the course of the sun, which measures ou ....