The Masque of the Red Death PPT
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Blue room---CALM/TRANQUILITY
Purple room—ROYALTY
Green room---LUCK/ENVY
Orange room ---CAUTION
White room---PURITY/PEACE
Violet room ---FEMININITY
Black room –--EVIL/FEAR/DEATH
Scarlet – DANGER/DESIRE/BLOOD
The number 7 symbolizes
the Seven Deadly Sins:
BLUE – Birth
PURPLE – Growth
GREEN- Youth
ORANGE- Autumn of
life
WHITE-Age (white
hair & bones)
VIOLET- Darkness
BLACK- Death
The Red Death
walked from Blue
Room to the Black
Room---it walks the
course of life,
leading from birth
to death.
Prospero & his
followers
metaphorically &
literally walk the
“course of life to
death”
The Clock = The Passing of Life
The Masquerade = Fantasy,
Escape from Reality
Castellated Abbey =
Confinement;
Worldly Power; Threatening
“like
a thief in the night” = a line taken from
the Thessalonians 5:4 (referring to last
judgment when you least expect it)
Represents the end of the world
Prince & followers (sinners) ignore the
inevitable & were “caught unprepared”;
indulging in the “pleasures of the world”
Poe may have been trying to warn people ---to
be prepared for death and not to act like we
will live forever
“And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death
held illimitable dominion over all”
Decide
on an OVERALL THEME for your room
You MUST have at least 6 items that
specifically symbolize something
You MUST COLOR your room.
Make a “Legend” for your symbols
Your title is the THEME of your room
You will be graded on: CREATIVITY,
PARTICIPATION, 6 ITEMS meaning/theme
REMEMBER:
THIS IS A
TEST GRADE!!!