Bradbury's "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains" And Poe's "Masque Of The Red Death": Elements And Techniques To Create And Convey The Theme

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activities because
they don't know the bomb even went off. The people die from the bomb and
all but one house is left standing. Ray Bradbury uses the conflict man v.s.
nature to convey his theme that technology will outlive humans.
In The "Masque of the Red Death", Edgar Allen Poe conveys his
theme through the setting. The seven rooms of Prince Prospero's castle
symbolize the life of a person. The seven rooms of the castle are colored
coded with the last one being black which stands for death. Prince
Prosepero wanted to isolate himself from the people to avoid the plague.
Prince Prospero tried isolating himself in Italy, but nobody can escape
death. In the room, the clock was a specific setting. The clock on the
wall on the last night struck every hour, which symbolized how much longer
the people had to live. In the "Masque of the Red Death", Poe uses the
setting to convey his theme. In the end nobody can escape death.
In "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains", Ray Bradbury ...

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