The title of this essay is Critical Review of Symbolism in the Short Story "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allen Poe. Includes Endnote and Bibliography.

"The Masque of the Red Death" is an elaborate allegory that combines objects in the story with visual descriptions to give focus to the reader's imagination. In the story, a Price named Properso tries to evade the red death through isolation and seclusion. He hides behind the impenetrable walls of his castellated abbey and lets the world take care of its own. But no walls can stop death because it is unavoidable and inevitable. Visual …

…The Masque of the Red Death," effectively show the importance of language and symbolism to visualize death. "The symbolism of certain stories of Poe is rather clear..."The Masque of the Red Death" is a parable of the inevitability and universality of death, the human condition of man's fate, and the fate of the universe."11 "The masque of the Red Death" is one of Poe's best made tales and one of his more explicit allegories.