Danse Macabre

*Dance of Death*
-the bug behind the door theory= it scares you more when the volume is turned up, but it does take away the suspense when the volume is turned down; you anticipate what is coming.
-the thing that scares people the most is when it's leading up to the scary action, not the actual scary thing itself.
*Allegory-a work with two layers of meaning, in a allegorical tale, most of the persons, objects, and events stand for abstract ideas or qualities.
-The prince's decor was bizzare; he had a fine eye for color
-he was seen as mad, but he loved the grotesque
-The chambers held dreams inside. When the clock dings, the dreams stop. When the clock is done, they begin again.
-No maskers at the ball go to the Hall of Velvet.
-In all of the other rooms, the beat of life continued.
-At midnight, the twelve strokes of the clock hypnotized the people during that time. The people noticed a masked person. The figure was tall and shrouded head to toe with clothing from the grave. His mask was a skull and he looked as if he was sprinkled with blood. Like "Red Death".
-When the prince sees him, he shudders of terror and distaste. The prince orders for him to be unmasked. The prince goes up to this figure and and the figure stabs the prince with a daggar.
-The skulled mask man was Red Death. He killed everyone who was at that party. Once that happened, the clock stopped.
*This story is basically about how death is coming and these people don't even realize it. Everytime the clock chimes, the people stop. And every time it chimes, it gets longer and longer. Once death gets them, the clock stops working.