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THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH By: edgar allen poe. MAJOR EVENTS RESOLUTION MAIN CHARACTERS POINT OF VIEW THEME CONFLICT SYMBOLS SETTING MOOD. CLICK ME. Major Events. Prince Prospero throws a large masquerade party with all of his rich friends.
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THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATHBy: edgarallenpoe MAJOR EVENTS RESOLUTION MAIN CHARACTERS POINT OF VIEW THEMECONFLICT SYMBOLSSETTING MOOD
CLICK ME Major Events Prince Prospero throws a large masquerade party with all of his rich friends. Prince Prospero secludes himself in his castellated abbey.
Major events (cont.) • Prince Prospero’s majestic clock • would ring every hour • until the twelfth hour. • On the twelfth hour, Red Death • shows up and kills Prince Prospero and • his wealthy friends…
Main characters Red Death Prince Prospero
theme “You cannot escape death, no matter how wealthy or powerful one may be.”
Symbols Direction of the rooms in Prince Prospero’s castellated abbey Color of the rooms in Prince Prospero’s castellated abbey
Symbols The castellated abbey The Red Death
symbols The grand ebony clock The party-goers at the masquerade party
setting One of Prince Prospero’s many castellated abbeys
mood Sadness and devastation
resolution Prince Prospero and all of his rich friends were killed.
Point of view Hints of first person Third person omniscient
Man vs. Self Man vs. Man conflict Man vs. Nature Man vs. Society