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The Masque of the Red Death

The Masque of the Red Death. Written by Edgar Allan Poe Renee Cress. Plot.

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The Masque of the Red Death

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  1. The Masque of the Red Death Written by Edgar Allan Poe Renee Cress

  2. Plot A terrible disease called the “Red Death” has struck the country. Prince Prospero still decides to throw a private masquerade party at one of his secluded abbeys. Suddenly, an ominous figure appears at the party, wearing a scandalous costume… a corpse who died of the Red Death. Furious, Prospero demands the ghoulish figure to be unmasked. No one dares and the figure begins to walk through the seven rooms, and heads toward the one furthest west, the black room. The raged prince chases after the imposter with a dagger, but once he turns to face him, Prince Prospero drops dead. All the revelers mob the guest, only to discover it is Red Death himself. One by one all the guests die, and the candles go out, only to leave "darkness, decay, and the Red Death”.

  3. Conflict In the story, a conflict occurs between Prince Prospero’s demand for survival and the inevitable force of death.

  4. Prince Prospero He is a terrible ruler who leaves his peasants to die. He foolishly thought he could escape death in his protected fortress, but eventually met his fate. He could also possibly be a reference to Shakespeare's Prospero, who was an artistic and imaginative sorcerer, from The Tempest.

  5. Red Death He had come “like a thief in the night” and brought darkness and decay with him. He definitely isn’t wanted at the party. When he shows up, everyone is disgusted and they too, eventually meet their fate.

  6. Setting THIS EERIE STORY TOOK PLACE AT ONE OF PRINCE PROSPERO’S CASTELLATED ABBEYS, WHILE AT A MASQUERADE PARTY. IT MOST LIKELY HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO, AND POSSIBLY IN THE MIDDLE AGES.

  7. Mood Edgar Allan Poe creates an atmosphere filled with fear and devastation.

  8. Point of View In the beginning of the story it is told through third person omniscient because no specific character is telling the story or revealing their thoughts. But near the end, the narrator uses “I” and “me”, which signals first person. But it is unknown who could be telling the story. It could be a person completely outside of the story, or even someone at the party from their view and subconscious. Another possible explanation could be that it is Prince Prospero and his thoughts because some of the scenes are only known by Prince Prospero. The entire story may be a part of his imagination because of how preposterous it sounds.

  9. Symbols • Seven rooms-From east to west, the colored rooms go in a particular order: blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet, then black. • Ebony clock- It stood in the black room and caused revelers to get nervous when it rang. • Castellated abbey- The setting was a place of confinement. The guests there were trapped and they believed no one could get in either.

  10. Resolution The ending resolution of the story was that the Red Death finally got to Prospero’s party and killed everyone. They all foolishly thought they could escape death and didn’t fear for what may happen to them. In the end, they all finally received their payment for their stupidity and selfishness.

  11. Theme You cannot escape death…

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