masque of the red death essay

Brad Paszkiewicz

Yellows

November 3, 2010

Mrs. Zurkowski

“Masque of the Red Death”

My color is green. This room was the third in the set of seven in the story in the story “Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe. Green resembles adolescent, maturing, growing, summer, or morning. People from the ages of about 11-20 will fit in this category. While they are still young, morning or summer, meaning a new beginning or brightness. When people are born it is the start of a new life and the start of a new year, a new day. There is so much ahead of them.

Green is the third of seven steps in life. The first being blue meaning serene, birth, start, happiness spring, dawn on a new day. Next, purple representing love, childhood, fun, learning, energetic, fun, spring, morning, people being from toddlers to 10.  Green meaning adolescent, maturing, growing, summer, or morning. People from the ages of 11 to 20 will fit in this category. Then, orange meaning vibrant, lively, a lust for life, autumn, mid-life crisis, noon. Middle aged about 20 to 50 years. Next, white meaning, aging, wisdom, or early afternoon. People anywhere from 50 to 70 years. Later, violet which symbolizes pain, dull, reminds that pain is near winter, evening. People between the ages of 70 to 90 finally, black with red window resembles death, winter, night.

The color green which again resembles: adolescents, maturing, or growing. In symbolic terms, summer or morning. I am 14 so I fit the age span 11 to 20. I am still growing and learning. Green is a somewhat vibrant color and summer is bright and warm and just good stuff. Morning is the beginning of the day and getting brighter. Opposing the black room which is death, winter or night. Depressing and sadness. This color is important in “Masque of the Red Death” just like any other room it completes the other rooms. You cannot have dark without the light.