Symbolism in Poetry Choose one of the following questions to answer forPart 1:Poe: Analyze the colors used in the rooms and objects in Poes Masque of the Red Death. What do they represent? Who do you think is the narrator? (No, it is not Poe)
Hawthorne: In The Ambitious Guest, Hawthorne is well known for using irony in his stories. Irony is sometimes difficult for readers to extract from stories, but it is fun to find. Identify at least a couple of examples of irony in The Ambitious Guest. Were they difficult to find? What does the irony do to reinforce a point or make the story interesting?Melville: Explain the subtitle of Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street? What does Melville imply about the business world? Would those sentiments still be relevant today? Could the story be written today with a modern-day Bartleby, and what might he be like?Part 2: Among many of the foundational themes of the poetry of the Fireside Poets were living a just life, commemorating history, embracing family and community, and celebrating nature. Consider the poetry of Henry Wadworth Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes and discuss how these themes are represented in both. Please quote and cite from the poetry to support your assertions. You might consider using outside research from the open internet to help you gather ideas. If you do, please cite the source and p
rovide a link for your classmates to follow.Submission Instructions:Your initial discussion should be at least 200 words. Please also respond to a minimum of two of your classmates initial posts and bring together pieces of the discussion and take those ideas further. These responses should be at least 150 words. Answer Preview
.Part 1: Masque of the Red Death. Edgar Allen Poe makes an effort to arrange the rooms in the story from east to west in addition to having them painted differently. The last room in the house is painted red, as is also the color used in the title of the poem. Consequently, it becomes clear to the audience that the last room has its color painted according to the finality of human life. Notably, it is also the room which the visitors at the house avoid and fear the most in addition to being one in which they all meet their deaths. Consequently, the colors used in the story move from neutral to the extreme, an indicator of ones life cycle from birth to life. Notably, irrespective of the fear they all had for the room, they all finally go into it, just as much as one must ultimately face death irrespective of how much fear he or she has for the same. Therefore, the colors within the different rooms are all representatives of the different stages in life culminating in death
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