What does the ebony clock symbolize in "The Masque of the Red Death"? The ebony clock symbolizes man’s inability to escape death. The ebony clock symbolizes the wealth and prosperity of Prince Prospero. The ebony clock symbolizes man’s obsession with achieving success. The ebony clock symbolizes the night of the masquerade ball.

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.

personal narrative

first person fiction

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