In the short story, The Masque of the Red Death, symbolism is used throughout to help build up the interest of the plot and the actions that take place. Poe used the symbols successfully in which the attention of the reader is held and room for interpretation is left depending on the reader’s views of the story. The seven rooms, in my opinion, are a very significant symbol as well as a symbol of …showed first 75 words of 430 total…

…showed last 75 words of 430 total…out. The lights just symbolize the fact that death has finally come and their time has run out. In conclusion, I think that the moral of the story is that you can’t escape death. I also think that Poe used the high class party as a way of showing how people really act everyday, trying to impress one another and to be accepted even if they have to act like someone they aren’t.