![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Also that justice will always take its course and no one person is powerful enough to avoid it. I also interpreted this as a moral Poe is trying to get across that being you cannot escape death and that it will find you no matter how hard you are attempting to evade it. This makes it ironic and just that the prince runs toward and is killed by the embodiment of the thing he was hiding from. And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. Instead of being a leader and attempting to cure or at very least aid the sick, the prince locks himself away. But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. As the city is pledged with the disease of red death, Prince Prospero barricades himself and others close to him within his residence. His death could be connected to the theme of Justice. In the Masque of Red Death this quote describes the death of Prince Prospero as he approaches the strange intruder. ‘’ There was a sharp cry –and the dagger dropped gleaming upon the sable carpet, upon which, instantly afterwards, fell prostrate in death the Prince Prospero.’’ – The Masque of the Red Death The Masque of the Red Death: Covid America, told through quotes from Edgar Allan Poes The Masque of the Red Death and photographs by K&D Photoworks. The quote about the thief is taken from a biblical verse that refers to death occurring for non-believers when Jesus returns in the Second Coming. ![]()
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