the rooms, time, and the red death to portray his theme that no one can escape death.

The masque was held in Prince Prospero's imperial suite that consisted of seven

different and symbolic rooms. The fact that there where seven rooms was symbolic in

itself. Many believe that the world was created in seven days. It was also said that there

are seven stages in a person's life. I think Poe used the number of rooms in accordance

with the stages of life. The rooms were arranged from east to west with the same process

which we measure time. In the east, the room was blue as day and the western room was

black as if the sun had set hours ago. The rooms were not arranged so one could see

completely into the future rooms. Poe stated," The apartments were so irregularly

disposed that the vision embraced but little more than one at a time. There was a sharp

turn at every twenty or thirty yards, and at each turn a novel effect." I think Poe shows

that the path of life is not easily predictable. Each stage was different and had "a no

overcame the courtiers as if time had stopped. The clock reminded everyone hourly that

midnight the strange figure appeared in the black room in the shadow of the ebony clock.

"masked figure which had arrested the attention of no individual before".

effect". The windows in each room were colored the same as room it looked upon except

gay company; and, while the chimes of the clock yet rang, it was observed that the

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