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Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" provides various symbols of transience in connection with the lack of morality in human behavior

Name: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" provides various symbols of transience in connection with the lack of morality in human behavior
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Author: Steffen Kockel
ISBN: 9783346410696

Seminar Paper, 2021

17 Pages, Grade: 1,0

Steffen Kockel (Author)

Excerpt

1. Introduction

2. Plot summary and literary features

3. Representation of symbols
3.1 Rooms and Colors
3.2 Time
3.3 Death and the Masque

4. Characteristicsof thenarrator

5. Modern-Dayparallelsof"The MasqueoftheRedDeath"
5.1 Red death associated with the Corona Pandemic

5.2Red deathasan allegory of transience

6. Conclusion

7. Works cited

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Title: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" provides various symbols of transience in connection with the lack of morality in human behavior
College: Humboldt-University of Berlin (Amerikanistik/Anglistik)
Course: Paradigms of American Literature: E.A. Poe
Grade: 1,0
Author: Steffen Kockel (Author)
Year: 2021
Pages: 17
Catalog Number: V1024698
ISBN (eBook): 9783346410689
ISBN (Book): 9783346410696
Language: English
Keywords: Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

Quote paper: Steffen Kockel (Author), 2021, Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" provides various symbols of transience in connection with the lack of morality in human behavior, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1024698

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