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The Masque of the Red Death Symbols


Directions: Colors and objects can act as symbols in literature. As you read The Masque of the Red Death, write the
color of each room in the corresponding box. Next write what you think each color symbolizes below the color. Then,
list any symbols you find in the rooms in which they occur in the story, and write down what you believe they
symbolize. Finally, any symbols you find outside of the individual rooms, write in the box provided below.
1. East
Room
Blue
Windows
Possible
Meanings:
Coolness,
purity, water,

Object

What it symbolizes

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