Analysis OfThe Monkey's Pockets, And The Masque Of Red Death

Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, is an enticing, but soul-wrenching novel that perfectly conveys the precise conditions of a cold, desolate world, in which one feels utterly isolated. McCarthy does not hesitate to go into detail about powerful or foul events within the plot. He says exactly what he means, and can effectively incorporate forceful interactions between the characters and each other, as well as characters and their given environment. By using the literary devices of symbolism, imagery, and theme, McCarthy handcrafts a novel with such eloquence and grace that such a bleak and miserable world is perhaps a seemingly beautiful one.

“Denying what you feel will not make it go away. It ensures that it never gets resolved,” (Denial). Taking action on difficult situations allows individuals to combat reality and avoid unfavorable circumstances. However, many people think that avoiding the truth means avoiding the situation, equivalating that the circumstances are not real. This leads to other, more costly problems. Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is set in a post-apocalyptic world where a father and son are journeying in hopes to escape the destruction around them. Similar to McCarthy’s book, Toni Morrison centers on a young African American girl, Pecola, in The Bluest Eye, who hopes to escape the ill perceptions of others in her struggle to fit beauty perceptions within her society.

Death is Inevitable: How "The Masque of the Red Death" Illustrates the Inevitability of Death. "The Masque of the Red Death," written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1845, displays a certain theme about the irrevocability of death. The story follows Prince Prospero as he tries to use his wealth and power to elude a deadly plague by hiding away in an abbey with a thousand other guests; however, Death is the conqueror of this tale as the story concludes with the death of Prince Prospero and all of the guests. In "The Masque of the Red Death," Poe describes a theme that death is inescapable as can be seen in the narrator, the irony of the plot itself, and the vast amount of symbolism in the story.

Edgar Allen Poe, completely transformed the horror genre with his tales reflecting the psychological depth and insight of the the human conditon not previously seen (Poe Museum, no date). Despite his alignment with the horror genre, he was initially taken in by the romantic ideals of consumption. This is portrayed in one of his early short stories, ‘Metzengerstein’, from 1832, where despite the majority of the story following many gothic conventions, the protaganist’s mother dies of consumption. The narrrator of the story asserts that ‘…it is a path I have prayed to follow…I would wish all I love to perish of that gentle disease’ when referring to the mother’s impending death. The narrator’s desperation to die from consumption is implied through the use of the verb ‘prayed’. This verb has connotations of wishing or hoping strongly for a particular outcome (Oxford Dictionaries, 2017): despite the horrific and drawn out process of the disease that we now understand in the 21st Century, this character still desires it thus reflecting the general insensitivty towards the disease. Although influenced early in his career by the romanticized stance on consumption, he changed his portrayal of the disease completely in his short story ‘The Masque of the Red Death’, published in 1842. Very little had advanced in the medical understanding of consumption, but between Poe writing the aforementioned text and ‘The Masque of the Red Death’, his own wife had contracted the disease

Death is an important theme in Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories, “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “The Masque of the Red Death”.

In a world that has destructed itself the most fortunate are those that are able to survive in the most inhospitable conditions. In Cormac’s McCarthy’s novel, The Road, a man and his son keep each other alive through their love which make their life worth living. With no food to neither eat nor clean clothes on their back, the need to survival is more difficult when the rest of mankind has turned their backs against humanity. The man learns that being good begins with taking any measures to keep the one he loves safe first, even if it means brutality towards others. His affectionate side is concealed by the forceful image that he portrays in order to survive; a skill that he hopes passes on to his son who has not yet understood the cruelty of the world. Therefore, the man is the real hero of Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road because he possesses heroic characteristics that are realistic to the situation unlike, the boy who speaks and acts bluntly from a naïve point of view as he lacks understanding.

The story that tells the most never entertains, but more so teaches. The author of the story The Masque of the Red Death was by Edgar Allen Poe, the main characters of the story was Prince Prospero and the Red Death. The “Red Death” made itself known throughout the country as one by one the peasants of the country soon fell ill. The peasants experienced sharp pains and dizziness and within half an hour, the peasants were deceased. But Prince Prospero thought he could escape this unfortunate fate, so he gathered many people whom he deemed socially acceptable, and he shut the gates of the palace, shunning the rest of the infected population. He threw parties and entertained his guests with enough food and anything they could possibly need. In the palace, were seven rooms, all in which the parties took place in. The rooms moved from east to west, starting the with the first room which was blue, and ending with a black room. There was an unusual clock amongst them, every time it rang, it did not go unnoticed. The guests would stop, the music would stop, everything would stop. Then everything went back to it original atmosphere, fine and safe. But not you cannot run away from your problems, especially death, sooner or later death will find you. “The Red Death” found its way to the Prince and the rest of his guest, and soon they disappeared along with the rest of the infected people. The short story is not only expressing story about a young man who throws a party selfishly for only his friends and him, but it also underlies a symbolic meaning, with a lesson, you cannot escape death no matter how hard you try, it does not matter if you are rich or you are poor.

For the short story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W Jacobs, the literary value comes from the moral of the story which is be careful what you wish for you may receive it.The soldier in the story is being asked by Herbert why doesn't he have 3 wishes then the soldier went on to say he had and his face whitened. Mrs white asked “ did you really want the three wishes granted?”(Jacobs 3).The quote is asking if he wanted all three of his wishes for what he wanted for that. The soldier said again that he wanted to use his three wishes.As a general rule if you get three wishes they could come true and usually the wishes could be bad.The soldier was asked to wish so that they could hear him and like swear like an inauguration with the right hand.”But I

Callie Walter Mr. Cassidy Adv. English 10 17 October 2014 The Masque of the Red Death Analysis The Masque of the Red Death is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe demonstrating the inevitability of death. The story describes a horrifying illness that spreads across Europe sometime during the 1800’s.

Energy, kindness, and endurance made itself known throughout the abbey. The masquerades couldn't help but talk and dance and smile and wonder within the walls of the orange room. When one walked by, they could almost feel the warmth seeping through the cracks of the closed door. The candelabrum added to the bright tranquility radiating from the decora from wall to wall to window. As soon as a masquerader walked by, the window would jump out at them inviting, them in. An extreme amount of piquancy, rejuvenation, and spontaneity arose from the walls of the room and blew away the masqueraders with such awe. A room such as this caused a overwhelming feeling unable to be described by the simple mind. Maybe it was the way the room showed exhibitionism, or optimism, or flamboyance, or was it the creative-flare that drew masqueraders in?

Have you ever wanted to have three magic wishes that could get you anything you have ever wanted or needed in life? Well, these people did and they got it but unfortunately for some of them they got more than they wished for. Such as in The Monkey's Paw they asked for a simple very conservative sum yet they got anything but that in return. And in the third wish Mr. Peter was very happy then became very distraught by his first wish. Although these stories are the same in the three wishes they are different in the overall mood and feeling of the story.

Analysis of Dreams and Memories as a Major Theme in The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The “Masque of the Red Death”, written by Edgar Allen Poe is an undoubted suspenseful piece of literature based on the most catastrophic epidemic in human history. There are many possible themes in this work, but the one to be focused on is pride. Poe uses imagery, symbolism, and allegory to turn the story into something more than a basic work of fiction. Following the death of over half his kingdom the protagonist, Prince Prospero, invites a bunch of nobles to his safe haven to his masquerade ball while shielding them from the progressive contagion. Poe described it as towering, secure-able, and locked to keep anyone out. Ironically, a masked man suddenly shows up appearing as someone who came into contact

(Road) The man has an unexplainable will to stay alive for as long as he can, even as he starts to physically deteriorate. The man finds motivation to stay alive by displaying his love and care toward the boy. “Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road stages the same problem of belief from the inside, but The Road is unique in locating the basis for meaning in the father's love for his son, and even suggesting that this meaning transcends the father's efforts to affirm and protect his son's life.”.

William Stafford’s poem, “Traveling through the Dark”, opens with the narrator of the poem finding a dead deer on the side of the road. The reader is drawn into the poem as the narrator decides what to do about the deer. As the narrator drags the deer off the road the narrator and reader learn that the deer was pregnant. The narrator hesitates and finally comes to the conclusion of pushing the deer over the edge into the river. This poem makes the reader question what they would do in a situation if they encountered death when no one was watching.