Literary Devices
Themes
Elements of Gothic Literature
Colors/Symbols
100

"He had come like a thief in the night." is this literary device.

Similie

100

The party held by Prince Prospero represents this theme

Need to ecape future death

100

The setting represents this common gothic element

Castles

100

Room that symbolizes the end for everyone

Black room

200

"his conceptions glowed with barbaric lustre" represents this literary device

Hyperbole

200

The man in the mask represents this theme

Inevitbility of Death

200

This common gothic literature element is represented by the black room 

mystery

200

The symbol for blood in the rooms

Scarlot Window Pain

300

"...there arose at length from the whole company a buzz, or murmur, expressive of disapprobation and surprise- then, finally, of terror, or horror, and of disgust." represents this literary device

Punctuation

300

The knife represents this theme

Inevitability of death

300

The man in the mask represents this common gothic literature element.

Supernatural Powers

300

The man in the mask is described with this symbol

Death

400

"with a dull, heavy, monotonous clang;" represents this literary device

Onomonopia

400

Prospero's death represents which theme

Illusion of Safety

400

The mask represents this common gothic literature element

mystery

400

The room Prospero was in when he first saw the man in the mask.

Blue

500

"The mask... resemble the countenance of a stiffened corpse"

Metaphor
500

The clock striking represents this theme

The Inevitability of Death

500

The Red Death represents which common gothic literature element

Supernatural

500

The room that did not hold only one color.

Black