The seventh room, which no guest would dare enter, was decorated in black, but the windows were a deep blood color. ... This symbolizes the rising and setting sun, which rises in the East and sets in the West Each room's color symbolizes something. ... The purple room stands for innocence. ...
The Raven This is my favorite piece of work done by Poe. It's a great poem. The raven is a dark gloomy poem about how he misses his love Lenore. This poem is about Lenore, who is his wife, who died of a hopeless illness. This poem is built around the word nevermore. I think the meaning behi...
Edgar Allen Poe is known for his use of symbolism. That is apparent in one of his best-known short stories, The Masque of the Red Death. There are endless examples and interpretations of symbolism in this story. It must be studied at a literal and allegorical level in order to be truly understood. T...
In the beginning, Poe uses color as symbolism for different stages of the life of the character Prince Prospero, to establish the theme of the story[ CITATION The64 l 1033 ]. ... Then purple, a combination of red and blue, symbolizing the death of his biological mother when he was very young. ... The colors advance to black, the final color and represents his death. ...
At the ball, the castle has seven arranged rooms that each has a different color and have all been decorated according to the Prince's taste (Wolfgang 521). These colors start at blue and progress to purple, to green, then orange, to white, next violet and finally to black (Poe 269). ... In each room there is a fire burning behind a colored window that illuminates that certain color throughout the entire space (Poe 269). ...
