Foreshadowing In The Masque Of The Red Death

“God is a novelist. He uses all sorts of literary devices: alliteration, assonance, rhyme, synecdoche, onomatopoeia. But of all of these, His favorite is foreshadowing” Quote from Lauren F. Winner. In many different stories there's plenty of foreshadowing and imagery. This essay will analyze the differences and similarities between Masque of the Red Death and the Monkey's Paw. In the short stories The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe, and The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs their is a similar theme talking about fate and use ominous foreshadowing that lead the story to a dark future.
These stories are very different but have the same idea for a theme. That is that no one controls their fate. As hard as we try, there's nothing we can do, nothing we do will give us complete control over our fate. For example, in the Monkey’s Paw the White family tries to control their fate by wishing all of their debt away by using the monkey’s paw. However, fate didn’t like that and gave them what they wanted, at the cost of their only sons life. This is also shown in Masque of the Red Death. Prince Prospero tries to control his own fate and block himself up from the disease Red Death however
For example, these stories include this idea that you can’t control fate, but in the Monkey’s Paw they had a bit more control. They could’ve just decided not to use the monkey’s paw. However in the Masque of the Red Death Prince prospero tried his hardest to prevent death from the disease, however, as hard as he tried there was no escape. The way they portrayed foreshadowing was different as well. In the Masque of the Red Death the author used more objects for foreshadowing. Like with the clock, which represented the time they had left, or the black room with red stained glass. Than in the Monkey’s Paw Major Sergeant Morris tell them about the dangers of using it. They are both dark stories, but not the