Masque of the Red Death

While Most be familiar with the gruesome constitution of Poes classic oblivious story horror yarn Masque of the release Death, nigh have a tendency to fixate on the action of the story and the dour proceedings that occur and do non carefully examine the role that personality plays in the short story and how the short story presents a cautionary faith tale warning passel that no matter how they try, they can never deal the wrath of the natural world when it decides to ruin havoc.Poe and his contemporary authors of the 19th century presented a recurring musical theme in their work. This theme centers on the notion that society is inherently corrupt and that finding oneness with spirit is a preferred choice. Of course, this does not compressed that it was suggested that people abandon their homes in urban areas and head bring out to live in the forest, but it was a call to go through skeptically towards the structure that society provides to them as it is not as flawl ess as they assume. This is seen in symbolic terms in the Masque of the red Death and the environs in which the masque actually occurs.In the short story, Prince Prospero and his cronies lock themselves up in Prosperos mansion so as to hide from the ravages of the Red Death that has undone much of the population. In order to nourish themselves and hide their paranoia of death, they turn the event into a grand masque. In a way, this is a strange attempt at unhinge and distance themselves from the ravages of the world outside.Eventually, Prince Prospero notices a hooded several(prenominal) who has snuck into Prosperos home. (He is noticeable in the carriage that his masque guise stands greatly out) When confronted, the oddish reveals himself to be the human embodiment of the Red Death and Prospero and his minions are deuced to knuckle under to the same fate as the joint people they had mocked.There is great symbol in this tale as Prospero represents the privileged upper cl ass and the masque that he promotes wi polished a sequestered muddle represents the great cities that have seemingly insulated themselves from the ravages of reputation. The employment of the masques can even hint that the people are hiding their true nature of paranoia and fear of what lies beyond the rampart of the castle. The bile of Prospero and his minions is seen in the following excerpt besides the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand crush and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castled abbeys. This was an extensive and magnificent structure, the creation of the princes possess eccentric yet august taste. A strong and lofty wall girdled it in. This wall had gates of iron. The courtiers, having entered, brought furnaces and massy hammers and welded the bolts.In this situation, it a ppears that Prospero holds a odd arrogance that if he re-enforces his castle, then he can keep out the savagery of the Red Death. This is a small scale of measurement version of the use of society and modify areas to control, take hold and detain the natural world. Of course, thither are limits to societys look on in this regard as nature wields force that can easily all overwhelm any city.The Red Death, while a disease, is a being of natural selection. pest has one primary purpose to thin the heard when the population of the heard grows to a dangerous extreme. When nature has decided on its course of action, often, it is unidirectional in its advent and next to impossible to deter.And now was admit the presence of the Red Death. He had contract like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revelers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing pram of his fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay . And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.In other words, nature, taking the process of pestilence, will not be stop nor will it be denied its primary purpose. To this end, Prospero is doomed as will anyone who believes they can curb or dominate or contend nature.