As we learned today, "The Masque of the Red Death" is chock full of symbols. Here are the ones you came up with:
| "7" |
| castle |
| chimes |
| clock |
| colors (pick one) |
| costumes and masks |
| dagger |
| dreams (performers) |
| east/west |
| flames |
| gates welded shut |
| illusion |
| light from hall |
| limited view of rooms |
| masquerade |
| midnight |
| Prospero |
| Red Death (disease) |
| Red Death costume |
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For homework, choose three of your favorite symbols above. Brainstorm a list of possible meanings they could have outside of the text. For example, the tripods holding the braziers could represent three stages of life, the three fates from Greek mythology, or could be an allusion to the Holy Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit). See how many connections you can make to the symbols.
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