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Title: THE MACABRE


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THE MACABRE
  • Suggesting the horror of death and decay gruesome

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Origin of the Word...
  • From the French expression la danse macabre
    (Dance of Death)
  • Refers to the allegorical representation of the
    universal power of death.

ALLEGORY a story in which the characters and
events are symbols that stand for ideas about
human life
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In Literature...
  • Characterized by a grim or ghastly atmosphere
  • Emphasis on the details and symbols of death

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Famous Macabre ...
  • Stephen King
  • H.P. Lovecraft
  • Edgar Allen Poe
  • Tim Burton

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Symbols in The Masque of the Red Death
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The Seven Chambers
  • The stages of life
  • From Shakespeares Seven Ages of Man in As You
    Like It

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The Black Chamber
  • The grave, a coffin, forebodes of death (the red
    symbolizes blood)

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The Tripod with Flames
  • It is light think heat and LIFE

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The Clock
  • Our time on Earth. (It chimes regularly like the
    beating of a heart)

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The Masked Visitor
  • Death

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Other Symbols...
  • What other symbols can you notice?
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