Literary Essay

All human beings are made up of certain strengths and weaknesses, and in the short stories “The Masque of The Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe, “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawerence and “The Painted Door” by Sinclair Ross, each author treats the subject of human weaknesses and flaws as contributing to the downfall of each main character respectively. The act of obstinacy, arrogance and obsession have been the major causes of their downfalls …

…the consequences of human’s weaknesses and flaws. Those who obstinately do things in a repetitive way are shown to bring boredom and unhappiness to the people around them, while those who act arrogantly are proved to be given penalty in the course of their lives. However, since human beings are created imperfectly, thus, there is no resolution to our flaws and imperfection as they will continue to have a crippling effect on our lives.