“The Masque Of The Red Death”

4.3 “The Masque Of The Red Death”

In this short story the character is very strong madness in his obsession with the Red Death with a death, where all the people killed in this story by the Red Death. Social insecurity was also received from the short story, in which Prince Prospero and his people who live and work in the area feel very great fear of the Red Death. In fact, although the prince prspero and people locked themselves in a castle high and wide, but in the end they all will be slain by the madness of the Red Death Beginning of madness character with the sudden presence of the figure that had been their fear and avoid them. Red Death finally appeared before them in a way that a sudden and not disanggka-thought. Because, they are that the Red Death will never be able to enter the territory prince Prospero, but its all wrong. And now the Red Death comes in between them with a form of a very horrible and disgusting. . “...And the revel went whirlingly on, until at length there commenced the sounding of midnight upon the clock. And then the music ceased, as I have told; and the evolution of the waltzers were quieted;... ─And thus too, it happened, perhaps, that before the last chime had utterly sunk into silence..,, ─or murmur. Expressiveof disapprobation and ─then, finally, of terror, of horror, and of disgust.” Can be seen in the quotation below: David Campbell Publisher Ltd., 1992 : 607 With the advent of the Red Death in the middle of a masquerade party that made Prince Prospero, it is clear that the purpose of the Red Death coming is to kill all the people present at the party with its deadly disease. From the way she dressed, the physical picture is told that the Red Death is including a sadistic personality. Can be seen in the quotation below: Universitas Sumatera Utara “... −and shrouded from head to foot in the habiliments of the grave. The mask which concealed the visage was made so nearly to resemble the countenance of a stiffened corpse that the closest scrutiny must have had difficulty in detecting the cheat. But the mummer had gone so far as to assume the type of the ‘Red Death’. His vesture was dabbled in blood – and his broad brow, with all the features of the face, was besprinkled with the scarlet horror.” David Campbell Publisher Ltd., 1992 : 608 Prospero in the frenzy of fear Red Death increasingly obvious. That Prospero was scared to death at the hands of the Red Death. “Who dares” he cried. “Take him Seize him Pull of his masks so that we may know who we must hang at sunrise “David Campbell Publisher Ltd., 1992 : 608 Can be seen in the quotation below: Then again, we can see the true character of insanity contained at the end of this story where the Red Death pursuit of Prospero tryingd to escape and in the end the Red Death can be found. Without thinking of the Red Death finish the job that is killing Prospero by sticking a knife into the body of the prince. “It was then,,, ─Princes Prospero.., rushed hurriedly through the six chambers, while none followed him on account of a deadly terror that had seized upon all. He bore aloft a drawn dagger, and had approached, turned suddenly and,..—There was a sharp cry ─ and the dag ger dropped gleaming upon the sable carpet, upon which, instantly afterward, fell prostrate in death the Prince Prospero....” “David Campbell Publisher Ltd., 1992 : 609 Can be seen in the quotation below: Universitas Sumatera Utara Finally, the madness made the Red Death to be a threat, and this craziness happens repeatedly. The Red Death will always be present in the evening, where life still exist. “And now acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel,,. ─And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.” Can be seen in the quotation below: “David Campbell Publisher Ltd., 1992 : 609 Overall can be seen madness character of the Red Death is cruel, she makes the people who are innocent feel the madness of it. No matter who the person is, the Red Death will continue to madness by killing one by one the people who are not guilty of it, until she felt a satisfaction in itself . Universitas Sumatera Utara CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION