Every time “there came yet another chiming of the clock, and then were the same disconcert and tremulousness and meditation as before.” (77.) When the clock chimed, everyone froze. It was so loud you could hear it throughout the entire house. The clock represented death. Every time it rang, someone died. While they thought they were all away from the plague, it was in the castle because of the masked figure. The clock was the passing of time. With each ticking time, it was the ticking away of life. It couldn’t be stopped and it was the inevitability of
Every time “there came yet another chiming of the clock, and then were the same disconcert and tremulousness and meditation as before.” (77.) When the clock chimed, everyone froze. It was so loud you could hear it throughout the entire house. The clock represented death. Every time it rang, someone died. While they thought they were all away from the plague, it was in the castle because of the masked figure. The clock was the passing of time. With each ticking time, it was the ticking away of life. It couldn’t be stopped and it was the inevitability of