Edgar Allan Poe Essay

Konnor Drewen

Mrs. Zurkowski

Greens

11/1/010

Why Green is Adolescence

            The color green in the story is the third room from the east-wing. The symbolic meaning is of the adolescence years of life. It is like forests because people that age like to explore. It is also the color of money and that about the time where someone starts to build up a fund of money. That is because around that time people start to worry about money and the future. Green is adolescence because it is an early stage of life but it is showing that much time has passed.

            It symbolizes the progression of life because each color shows a different time in life. Each room in the story is a different color starting in the east and ending in the west. Like how the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Or how the clock goes in a clockwise motion starting at one and ending at twelve making a full rotation.  The color blue helps to think of birth and young children. The color purple helps to think of children around the age of eight, how they are happy and worry-free. The color green helps to think of young adults and adolescence. Always exploring and searching around in the woods and other places. Also starting to consider money and how important it is for life. Orange is more of a time of adulthood. Going to parties and seeing some friends. White helps think of the wise and the older. Not always considered the most interesting but defiantly someone that people should talk to more often than not. Violet is the sorrowful years. Where people think that the old are just in pain and sometimes the old are even hoping to pass soon. Black is the end of it all. From about seventy to when they pass to the other side.

            My color relates to my life because I am in those years now. This is an important stage because people my age are starting to worry about college and money and the rest of their lives. People my age still like to explore in this time of our lives but in different way. We explore different career fields to find something we may go to college for. There is also another kind of symbolism in this story. I think actually in the story that the people went through these stages while in the castle. The blue stage was when they first got into the castle. The purple stage was after they had settled in. I think the green stage in the castle was some of the time when they were having the parties. The orange stage was the rest of the time they spent at parties. The white stage was the masquerade. The violet was when they saw the red death and Prince Prospero was chasing him through the rooms. The black was when the Prince died followed by the rest of the partyers.  They were having fun are going through a new life in the castle until the red death showed its face. That just proves that no matter what you do you can’t escape Death itself.