Comparing Chapter 5 Of William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Everything had began magnificently the day I attended the renaissance fair. It was the first time I’d ever been to any festival of the sort, and the air was full of magic. At exactly 10:30 in the morning, the ceremony began. The King and Queen presented themselves atop the castle’s balcony to address their people. As the beautiful royals welcomed us into their kingdom, my heart beat erratically, and I crossed the threshold with my breath held. There were so many events that I wanted to see, and activities I wanted to try; I couldn’t wait to get inside. I wasn’t just an ordinary guest, however, I had a job to do. Carrying my instrument lightly with one hand, dressed as a princess and feeling important, I walked proudly through the bustling

In “Mask of the Red Death”, Edgar Allan Poe uses setting and symbolism to deliver the theme that no one escapes death. The story follows the naïve and pompous Prince Prospero, and his feeble attempt to escape dying from the Black Plague. As the plague spread through his kingdom, the prince called one thousand of his closest friends to reside within the safety of the castle in order to seclude themselves from the horror and death going on outside. During the last months of their seclusion, the prince decided to hold a masquerade ball in order to amuse his many guests living within the confines of the rather odd castle. The dance takes place in a variety of unusual apartments within the castle, spaced apart so the guests would only see one room at a time. The apartments flowed east to west, each decorated in a different color and theme while following a pattern of blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet and finally ending in black. During the ball, guests enjoyed a dreamlike atmosphere as they danced through the many colored apartments, each of them avoiding the final black room. This final dark patterned room contained a large ebony clock which chimed eerily every hour, causing the party goers to pause their merriment for a few moments of uneasy silence. As midnight drew near, a new guest arrived, sporting a costume more ghastly and morose than any other. The mask he wore resembled that of a plague victim, and his clothes resembled a funeral shroud. Prospero became angry

The masks act as a way for the guests to block their guilt from being exposed after leaving people beyond the four walls to fend for themselves. “It was towards the close of the fifth or sixth month of his seclusion, and while the pestilence raged most furiously abroad, that the prince Prospero entertained his thousand friends at a masked ball of the most unusual magnificence” (Poe, Par.4). The invitees put on masks to symbolically obscure themselves from the fate of the “Red Death”. Poe is stating that the people are falling into the same arrogant way of thinking as Prospero by trying to escape disease. The party-goers are also hiding from themselves and each other because they selfishly tried to make themselves immune to the disease while leaving the outside world to fend for their lives. The masks being worn also helps give the sense of confidence while being “hidden”, especially Prospero. “ ‘Who dares’-- he demanded hoarsely of the courtiers who stood near him-- ‘Who dares insult us with this blasphemous mockery? Seize him and unmask him-that we may know whom we have to hang, at sunrise, from the battlements!’ (Poe, par.11). As soon as Prospero’s eyes landed on the mummer, there was a surge of confidence that shot up within his body in a split second. The mask upon Prospero’s face caused him to act in a boastful and cocky way to try and defeat the mummer, despite

In the case of The Masque of the Red Death, the “dark” force that torments Prince Prospero and his guests is a curious and obscure figure. This figure is not invited to the masque ball, however, it can penetrate the abbey and move among the guests. This figure might be seen as “Death” or specifically the “Red Death.” This figure appears in a dark, blood-splattered robe resembling a funeral shroud. The figure's mask resembles the rigid face of a corpse and exhibits the traits of the Red Death, once it is removed it is discovered there is nothing underneath. Then, it comes the realization that the figure is the Red Death itself," and Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.” Whether it was the Red Death or Death itself, the message is that Prospero could never escape death, no matter his richness and the material protection around him. Death is inevitable; it can be caused either by disease or old age, but it will reach all. Additionally, it can be seen as a divine punishment for him and his revelers who selfishly gather and leave the rest of the people outside the abbay. The abbey with its iron gates might represent Prospero’s mistake and blindness by building a place with no

Why would one wear a mask? When at such an event usually an upper-class member would perform, the mask allowed them to share feelings and be honest with their audience. It kept them from having to expose one’s self. You would hope to find an elaborate and dramatic costume as that would have matched the scenery. When preforming a masque, they were not only disguised but sometimes they were portraying a mythological figure to clearly demon straight their point of views. When one decided to attend one of these social upper class events it was okay for a woman to attend whether apart of the upper or lower class. However, if you were not a part of the upper class you were not allowed to perform but only attend. As for men, they did not have a rule on lower or upper class

Poe uses ample amounts of symbolism, to relate The Masque of The Red Death back to people's lives and choices. Poe starts off the story with examples that allude to the theme that death is inevitable. Poe states, “But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious” (Poe 446). That quote gives us the characteristics of the Prince, and some symbolism. His name is supposed to sound like the word “prosper.” His name fits him well, because Prince Prospero thrives at the expense of the people in his kingdom suffering. Prince Prospero chooses to hide himself in his abbey, while his subjects get wiped out by the red death. After five to six months the Prince decides to host a masked ball to entertain his guests, since all of them feel they are superior to death. The rooms in which the masquerade is held are very peculiar. Poe illustrates to us, “These windows were of stained glass whose color varied in accordance with the prevailing hue of the decorations of

He wants his guests to focus on the festivities and have the time of their lives. During the ball, most of the partygoers hangout in the peculiar shaped rooms described as a “multitude of dreams” with each room crowded and the guests “beat feverishly in the heart of life” (6-7). All the oddly shaped rooms, the strangely fancy decorum, and the bizarre costumes makes this party to be called “heaven”. No one would ever think about throwing a party of this magnitude other than the eccentric Prospero. This dream-like atmosphere convinces people that they can escape

When he throws a huge masquerade party the ball takes place in a suite of the seven rooms were each one is dressed up in a different color blue, purple, orange, white, violet and black.”The apartments were so irregularly disposed that the vision embraced but little more than one at a time”. The colors of the rooms symbolizes the seven stages of life from Shakespeare by showing how the first room represents the stage of a infancy working it’s way down towards the last stage of your life where the black room represents death. The seven stages of life and the seven rooms show how life is being divided into stages and each stage in our life are different from one

I still have several things that need to be done before I will be prepared. The starting thing I need to do is tell my dressmaker what I want my dress to look like. My dress will be a beautiful purple color with jewel made by my jeweler covering my chest. The sleeves of my dress will cover my shoulders, and the bottom half of my dress will be ruffled. As for my mask I will be making it myself. My mask will the the same color as my dress, the top of my mask and the top of my eyes will be outlined with jewels, the whole mask will be covered in fine purple sparkles, and the bottom of my mask will be outlined in black feather. After all the preparations for myself are taken care of I will start doing the tasks the prince has asked me to do. The first thing I will do is make a menu for the ball and have the Chefs prepare all the food that is on the menu for the prince and I to test and see if it's any good. The last task will be helping the prince decided what color to decorate the main room with, I choose purple. The day of the masque ball was finally here. Excitement filled my body with warmness as I tried on my mask and dress to see how they would look. After taking my bath I called my maids up to help me with my dress, hair, and makeup. Since the ball didn't start until seven and it was only five thirty, I decided to leave the curling rods in that the maids had put in my hair until it was almost time to

I been trying to warn everyone that something terrible is going to happen. No one believed at all, only me, Anne, and 3 youth girls. We hoped everyone would believe but they didn't. Tonight was the night we are having a party to celebrate the 7 months we had been living in safety. Everyone was to wear a mask, my mask is a crystal ball, psychics used them to help predict things. We were all enjoying ourselves, then suddenly we seen someone suspicious, we had never seen this person before within the whole 7 months. He had on a scandalous costume. The masquerader(the unknown guest) starts looking for the Prince. As the Prince was about to take down the anonymous person, the masquerader is headed towards the black room, Prospero starts to run after him after he loses him. As the Prince got to the edge of the black room, the guest whirls around to face him, and Prospero falls to the ground dead. The crowd threw itself at the guest, only to discover nothing underneath the mask and costume. The Red Death has came to the party. One by one the guests dies, blood all over all the Prince’s rooms. Lights, candles, everything went out leaving only “darkness, The Red Death, me, Anne, and the 3 girls. Earlier I discovered a hole in the purple room, we escaped safely without the Red Death

The partygoers then run at the masked figure and also attempt to kill this mysterious figure, but soon face the same fate as Prince Prospero, death. The symbols in the mask combine to interpret the true meaning of the story, that Prince Prospero thinks that he can outwit the Red Death with his status, but he soon learns that the Red Death cannot be escaped proving the theme that not even the wealthy can escape

The “Masque of the Red Death,” written by Edgar Allan Poe yields a pragmatical ending in which is represented in everyday life. The intent of the ending was to depict and illustrate of how one cannot seek liberation from the impending death which bestows all. The ending primarily begins when the presence of the Red Death becomes personified in which the figure travels among the seven colored rooms, from blue to purple to green to orange to white and finally violet. Moreover, the despair in which the host of the party, Prince Prospero, had felt urged him to confront the Red Death but fell to his inexcusable demise. As the prince fell to his knees, the revellers suddenly gathered enough courage in order to once again to defy the Red Death but soon death had also opened the doors to their souls.

“The Read Death” Had long devastated country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal or so hideous (Poe 1). The Masque of the red death by Edger Allen Poe is a gothic literature about a prince, Prospero, who brings 1000 of his friends into his castle to escape the plague all over Europe. In this story there are many symbols that represent important things going on inside his castle. The three main symbols that are going to be talked about in this paper are Prince Prospero, the clock, and the colorful rooms.

In the story "The Masque of the Red Death" the protagonist Prince Prospero invites one thousand of his closes friends into his castle to hide away from the red death. He welds his castle gates, literally shutting himself out from the outside world. Hoping to escape the gruesome plague that's already taken out half the country. After about 5 months into his stay, Prospero decides to throw a masquerade ball the ball takes place in a suite of seven different rooms. Once the ball has started a mysterious hooded man appears out of nowhere. Nobody recognized him, once Prospero touches the intruder he drops dead. Everybody is silent puzzled on what just happened, once they figure it out its to late. Death has finally got the best of

Initially, As I danced throughout the abbey, I perceived a strong and hard built wall to my left and right side. Prince Prospero was determined to entertain his friends with pleasure and satisfaction throughout their entertainment at the abbey. I just hate the fact that Prince Prospero never stops conversating. He just never keeps quiet. "Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you fellow knights are enjoying yourselves, but I need your attention for just a second", explained Prince Prospero. "Have you fellow friends noticed the decorations that I have made to the rooms?", questioned Prince Prospero. He proceeded on and on until we roamed out of the party and into some colored rooms. One room was blue with blue stained-glass windows, another room was purple with the same stained-glass windows, the other rooms were