The document discusses Edgar Allan Poe's use of symbols and symbolism in his short story "The Masque of the Red Death". Poe uses different rooms colored in blue, purple, green, orange, white and black to represent the stages of life. Even the prince is not above death, as he dies at the end after thinking he could escape it. Through the symbols and colors, Poe conveys that no one can escape death, as it claims all the guests in the end.