Comparing Allegory in Masque (Mask) of the Red Death and Dr Heideggers Experiment :: comparison compare contrast essays

Allegory in fancy dress of the Red ending and Dr Heideggers Experiment     Edgar Allan Poes writing style is based on the supernatural and the unknown. In The Masque of the Red Death, Prince Prospero invites the revelers to come to the castle to ships company until the danger of pestilence is gone. The party was interrupted by an intruder who was attired in all black (like the Grim Reaper) and was associated with the plague of the red death. The harvester killed everyone one by one in the end. The Masque of the Red Death is an allegory. An allegory is symbols that are presented in the story that have two levels of meaning. An employment can be the clock in the story. The clock told time and delineated the time they had left before they died. There were seven chambers that were contrary colors, and the last chamber was black, which was the last chamber that represented death. I rally the seven rooms symbolized the days until you die and the clock symbolize d the time until you died.   Dr. Heidegger brings oer four of his friends to try an experiment on them in the story, Dr Heideggers Experiment. There were three men and one woman named Widow Wycherly. They were all solemn hatful who had been unfortunate in life. In the past, the three men used to defend over the widow to the point of almost killing each other. Dr. Heidegger had a mysterious folio volume which was said to be magical (supernatural). He pulls out an old rose from it and turns it tail to life by set it in water called the face of Youth. His friends couldnt believe that a rose was brought back to life and passed it off as a hoax. So, Dr. Heidegger gave them all a nut case of the Fountain of Youth to make them believe its powers. After all of them took a gulp they were turned young again. The old people became so joyous and cheerful and so full of life again like they erstwhile were in their prime. They were all happy and dancing and soon it turne d into a riot where they started fighting over Widow Wycherly again, causing them to spill the Fountain of Youth all over the floor.