"The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allen Poe.

"The Masque of the Red Death", a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe, is truly a frightening story that includes many symbols dealing with life and death. Each symbol gives a great deal of significance to the story and helps to enhance the lesson being taught. Symbolism found in the story is the ebony clock, the fact that the rooms represent the life cycle, and the black room alone.
The ebony clock, hid in the dark forsaken, western room of black velvet and scarlet portholes that allow one to gape amid the outside world, represents life and demise. The chiming of this timepiece correspo…