The Place I Call Home Essay

Although candles are used in both Beauty and the Beast and “The Masque of the Red Death,” they symbolize different aspects of each story. In the film, candles bring joy and life to view, focusing on the good rather than the bad. However in Poe’s short story, the use of the candles focuses on how there is no light present from them. The darkness becomes surrounds the atmosphere, and there is nothing left except for darkness. As a result, the tones and moods of these pieces are increasingly different. Because the tones are focusing on different aspects that the candles put forward, the contrasting moods produce different outcomes for the reader. Through the stories of Beauty and the Beast and “The Masque of the Red Death,” candles symbolize how both life and death are present through the tones and moods.