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Our symbol is the number 7

The number represents the 7 rooms in the castle, which symbolizes the different stages of life that progresses as you are born until you die. It can also represent the 7 deadly sins that Próspero possesses: lust, pride, gluttony, sloth, wrath, greed & envy.

"Prince  Prospero,  maddening  with  rage  and  the  shame  of  his  own  momentary

cowardice,  rushed  hurriedly  through  the  six  chambers,  while  none  followed  him

on  account  of  a  deadly  terror  that  had  seized  upon  all."

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Prospero's name closing following the word Prosperous, meaning successful in life, which he is. So much show he flaunts and shows he's better than everyone else. The Prince also symbolizes the end of feudalism. Prospero's inviting only wealthy knights and ladies to his castle at the expense of peasants and commoners represents the socioeconomic divide between landowners and peasants that existed during the feudalistic period. Prospero also shows his arrogance in Shunning and shutting out the poor and sick to save himself.

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The Clock symbolizes death and the realization of death in the story. The color black of the clock is the color of the dark end further explaining how the clock symbolizes death in the story. Poe mentions the clock more that three times in the story, explaining how the wealthy people in their private party stopping everything that they are doing whenever they hear the chiming of that clock and taking a deep thoughtful moment of silent like they're realizing

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The colors symbolize the different stages in life, and the good and bad times in life. This is seen in the middle of paragraph 4, "but in this chamber only, the colour of the windows failed to correspond with the decorations. The panes here were scarlet--a deep blood colour".

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The red death symbolizes the "black death". It represents death, and sickness. In the story this symbol is mentioned in the beginning, "The "Red Death" had long devastated the country."

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Our group decided that in the story "The Masque of the Red Death", the castle symbolizes confinement and seclusion. This in turn means that the sovereign didn't want anything going out or anything coming in that could hurt him of anyone.
"..All these and security within. Without was the red death."

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The rooms within Poe's story actually symbolize a few ideas about life. As they are arranged from east to west, it symbolizes how in life, like day, everything comes to an end. The rooms begin as blue and brighter colors of birth and end in darker colors of death. They represent the stages of life.

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The masked ball represents what the guest were hiding from during their stay with prince Prospero. Their purpose during their time staying was to escape the red death. The dance represents life. The point of the mask adds mystery. 7a.) "Be sure they were grotesque there were much glare and glitterand  piquancy and phantasm"
The rooms also have a mysterious vibe too.