Edgar Allan Poe was one of America’s greatest writers. He wrote many intriguing poems and short stories. One of Poe’s most famous short stories was “The Masque of the Red Death.” Today the symbolism and meaning of it are still hotly debated among scholars and critics. Some see no meaning in it. The others who find meaning in it interpret completely different meanings amongst themselves. The true meaning of “The Masque of the …showed first 75 words of 835 total…

…showed last 75 words of 835 total…with each other. The meaning of “The Masque of the Red Death” does lie in the symbolism. The symbols mentioned each have a small part to do with the meaning of Poe’s story. There is one key symbol that is crucial to the meaning of it. Joseph Patrick Roppolo best said it. “Prince Prospero’s world came into being because of the Red Death, which, although it includes death, is the principle of life.”