The idea of ​​death is a thought that frightens many, from those who have lived the course of their lives to those who are just beginning it. With the fear that consumes every person comes the will to try to escape the long claws of death, although no matter who it is, death is inevitable. The short story "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allen Poe, addresses the theme that no one is able to escape death through the use of plot, symbolism, and storytelling. The story takes place during the bubonic centuries where a bubonic plague, which causes sharp pain, sudden dizziness and profuse bleeding from the pores, was claiming many lives. Prince Prospero, wanting to survive this horrible plague, locked himself away along with 1,000 others of his court. The first to come into play were the seven rooms where the masquerade ball took place. These rooms were aligned from east to west, each decorated with a different color, ranging from blue at the eastern end to black at the western end. These rooms symbolize the phases of life starting from birth being the blue room and arriving until death with the black room. The patrons of the ball seemed to enjoy every room except one, the black room, where "there were few of the company bold enough to set foot within its precincts" (Poe, 206). This is a symbol not only of how scary the room was, but also for not many who were comfortable with the idea of ​​death. The next symbol used in the story is the clock which also resided in the black room. As the hours passed, “there came from the bronze lungs of the clock a clear, loud, deep and exceedingly musical sound” (Poe, 206). The ringing of these bells after each hour brought silence to the rooms. This symbolizes the arrival of death and, as the hours pass, we get closer to reaching that brink. Once the clock inevitably strikes midnight, the masked figure has infiltrated the ball and ended their lives, as the end of. day means the end of life. The last symbol used was the masked being entering the ball at midnight, which symbolized death itself and that no one could escape it. These symbols The elements used in the tale help to support this theme, using devices as plot, narrative and symbolism. The plot of Prince Prospero and his friends attempting to survive the plague that has corrupted their lands shows that no amount of wealth or power can save not only from the plague, but from death itself. The narration provided by the author also helps create the mood of the tale and helps give the story a sense of life. It begins vividly, with everyone having fun as the night slowly progresses, and then midnight arrives. When the story comes to an end, you could almost hear the silence of the seven rooms because all were dead, not even the clock or the flames that illuminated the rooms continue to have life. The use of symbolism also helps to reinforce the theme, alluding to the cycle of life and death in many different ways. One such method was through the seven differently colored rooms that ran from east to west. The easternmost room, which was blue, symbolized the beginning of life while the others, symbolized a certain part of one's life until reaching the last room, which was death. The rooms that ran from east to west also symbolized the path of the sun, in which the sun rises from the east, representing birth, and sets in the west bringing night, representing death. The clock, as well as the