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In The Masque of the Red Death, how does the description of the clock contribute to the development of the story’s theme(s)?

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Develops the idea that the inhabitants of the ball are running out of time and how they can not hide from the death forever. They are slowly wasting away in squalor and time will soon consume them as well.

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