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The Masque of the Red Death. By Edgar Allan Poe. The fictional story that you are about to read, “The Masque of the Red Death,” concerns the reaction of one individual to a plague that was sweeping the country. Setting: Place- Medieval Europe Time- 1300s. The Red Death.
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The Masque of the Red Death By Edgar Allan Poe
The fictional story that you are about to read, “The Masque of the Red Death,” concerns the reaction of one individual to a plague that was sweeping the country. Setting: Place- Medieval Europe Time- 1300s The Red Death
Early 1300s deadly outbreak in China • Carried by small rodents to flies to humans • Spread to Asia and Europe • Symptoms = fever, painful swelling of the lymph glands, and spots on the skin that are red at first and then turn black • Die within 3 days • Almost a third of the population were wiped out (1.5 of 4 million) Medieval TimesThe Black Death/Bubonic Plague
Death • No one can escape it Theme
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Allegory is a narrative having a second meaning beneath the surface one • All characters and settings are symbolic Literary ElementAllegory
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