Ok, you DO NOT have to give me the answer. But from where I am reading this, it doesn't make sense. It says to:
What symbolic evidence can you find in Poe's use of the following:
C. . the movement from east to west in the sequence of the rooms and throughout the story
Symbolic Value? This is comfusing...please help me.
Thank You. :]
2007-11-07 00:06:33 · 6 answers · asked by Sarah I 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Oh my, so many ways of finding the infomation there is, and I have included the links you will need to help you. Of course, in addition to this, you can also use the resources at your local library, they are only too happy to help you with your searches and queries.
http://www.google.com
http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://uk.search.yahoo.com/web
http://findarticles.com/
http://vos.ucsb.edu/index.asp
http://www.aresearchguide.com/
http://www.geocities.com/athens/troy/886...
http://www.studentresearcher.com/search/...
http://www.chacha.com/
2007-11-10 23:16:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I recall from long ago highschool classes, the setting for the Masque was a fantastic ball as plague spread around them.
The east to west movements of the spectre wearing the mask suggests a relation to the diurnal movements of the sun and moon, when seen from the earth.
In short, by mocking death with the grand costume ball as plague consumes the city, invites death, personified, to make an appearance at the party where he makes his way, east to west, in the same movement of the sun, signifying the sunset of the lives of the revellers.
Leading to the belief that had Prozac been available in the 19th Century, we wouldn't have Poe on english lit reading lists today.
2007-11-07 03:39:34 · answer #2 · answered by Damon A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Nikipet.
East to west is the direction of the setting sun. Sunset symbolizes an Ending, which relates to the end of the "safe haven" the characters felt they had created.
I am not sure, but I'd wager that the black plague did in fact, move from Asia and Eastern Europe into the west...
2007-11-07 00:16:24 · answer #3 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The inevitability of the passage of time and mortality - the sun moves from east to west during the day, going from morning/life to night/death, they begin in the blue room (water/birth/baptism/life/sky) and end in the black room (night/death/underground/hellish/etc).
The Black Plague began in Central Asia before being transmitted to Europe by shipboard rats, but "Red Death" is a fictitious disease created by Poe (see more in this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death). So I would be careful about interpreting the movement as one of disease migration - that might be reading it a little too literally.
2007-11-07 02:38:16 · answer #4 · answered by truefirstedition 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the movement from east to west in the story is symbolic of the movement of the Black Death ( the Black Plague) from China to England.
symbolic - what does it symbolize?
(a symbol for another thing)
What does it represent?
2007-11-07 00:10:18 · answer #5 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's like the sun's path through the sky - it represents a day.
2007-11-07 00:09:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋