What Does The Color Symbolize In The Masque Of The Red Death

“The Masque of the Red Death” is a Gothic style story written by Edgar Allan Poe. In this story, many setting and descriptive details contain symbols. These symbols are very important because each symbol stands for something and gives readers much thought. For example, the red color represents the blood and the clock represents the time, etc. Through these symbols, we can learn the story teaches us that no matter you are rich or poor, you can not avoid death.
There are seven chambers in Prince Prospero’s castellated abbey. Each chamber is painted in different color. The last chamber is described as “was closely shrouded in black velvet tapestries that hung all over the ceiling and down the walls...The panes here ware scarlet—a deep blood