In "The Devil and Tom Walker," Washington Irving criticizes the selfish and heartless sections of American society, especially usurers, by satirizing them through Tom Walker’s character. He also criticizes the hypocrisy of American religious groups through his satirical description of Tom’s churchgoing and through his mention of the Salem witch trials and the persecution of Quakers and Anabaptists. He also seems to suggest that American society was founded on violence and inequality:
"Since the red men have been exterminated by you white savages, I amuse myself by presiding at the persecutions of Quakers and Anabaptists; I am the great patron and prompter of slave dealers, and the grandmaster of the Salem witches."
From Plato
Answer:
It is significant that the seventh chamber is the westernmost room because the sun rises in the east and sets in the west; and the course of a day is often symbolic of a human life span. This would make the seventh room symbolic of death.
Explanation:
Question given: What is special particular about the 7th chamber in the Red Death?
==>> Seven is often used as a number for completion, such as seven days in a week. In the case of "Masque of the Red Death", the rooms each represent a stage of life.
Can you maybe show us the poem?
