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How does Edgar Allan Poe use archetypes to develop a theme in "The Masque of the Red Death"?

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The Masque of the Red Death Overview

Topics Explanations

Motif the clock, symbolism of the fleetingness of life and the inevitability of death

Theme death is inevitable, it comes for everyone

Explanation:The central theme in "The Masque of the Red Death" is the inevitable, or perhaps more accurately, the inescapable nature, of death. Prospero and his companions attempt to shut themselves off from the rest of the world in an attempt to avoid the horrible plague (the "red death") that is ravaging the countryside.

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