Literary Essay
All human beings are made up of certain strengths and weaknesses, and in the short stories “The Masque of The Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe, “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawerence and “The Painted Door” by Sinclair Ross, each author treats the subject of human weaknesses and flaws as contributing to the downfall of each main character respectively. The act of obstinacy, arrogance and obsession have been the major causes of their downfalls in the stories. Arrogance is a very common attribute that we all have. It is a tempting act of feeling over-confident in oneself. This revolting character trait is evidently exemplified in the short stories “The Masque of The Red Death” and “The Rocking-Horse Winner”. “But the prince prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious” (Poe 197), he regards himself as above in both power and importance. Similarly, Paul is being unrealistic and arrogant to some extent by asserting “God told me” (Lawerence 3) when in fact, god never tells him anything with regard to his destiny and fortune. In addition, Prince Prospero from “The Masque of The Red Death” and John from “The Painted Door” also have a very similar character trait. [The] Prince Prospero, maddening with rage and the shame of
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Approximate Word count = 852
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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