Post by mike on Dec 14, 2014 0:11:10 GMT 9
"And now was 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 (1) blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each (2) in the despairing posture of his fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."
From The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
From The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
(1) Since none of the rooms were red, "blood-bedewed" implies this was the result of the revelers' blood having gushed all around. So this part means that the banquet halls were splattered with their blood as they dropped dead. But these translators all render it to mean the rooms were colored blood red from the beginning.
(2) I think it means that their final attitude maintained the posture they took as they fell, which is one of desperation, of course.
What do you think of my analysis?
