"The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allen Poe.

"The Masque of the Red Death", a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe, is truly a frightening story that includes many symbols dealing with life and death. Each symbol gives a great deal of significance to the story and helps to enhance the lesson being taught. Symbolism found in the story is the ebony clock, the fact that the rooms represent the life cycle, and the black room alone. The ebony clock, hid in …

…One cannot buy their way out of death, because money does not solve every dilemma in life. One must not await death because the suspense of waiting to die will only makes life harder to live. Take each day as a quest or a mystery, because God can seize a soul any time. One other premise to this tale was that even though death may be a few steps behind, it would soon catch up.