All diseases have horrible and damaging effects on the body and mind. In our past and our present illness it is the run-of-the-mill and, sadly, we have to deal with it. “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe and the article “Outbreak” by Patricia Smith discuss two diseases we have and are dealing with. “The Masque of the Red Death” is likely giving symptoms and ideas from the illness tuberculosis, and Outbreak is giving information about the deadly disease, Ebola. Even though both are diseases they have differences and similarities in both.
Both diseases are different but, so are the articles. In “Outbreak” it has the writing of a nonfiction format and “The Masque of the Red Death” has a format of realistic fiction. Edgar Allen Poe introduced us characters like Prince Prospero and he has a storyline. Poe’s story flows when he talks about the symptoms and facts that you don’t even notice he’s talking about them. But in “Outbreak” it gives you the cold hard facts. For example, the text states, “So far the virus had infected more than 4,000 people in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Senegal, and killed more than …show more content…
The disease called Ebola has sharp pains as does the disease mentioned in the second article tuberculosis. The story The Masque of the Red Death supplies, “There were sharp pains,...” and the article Outbreak says, “But before long, victims have stomach pains…” Another similarity among these two illnesses is that isolation was used to prevent both from spreading. The Masque of the Red Death supplies, “The abbey was amply provisioned. With such precautions the courtiers might bid defiance to contagion. The external world could take care of itself.” This quote provides the evidence that the “external world” was outside the isolated area that was being used to prevent the disease from entering. Both of these illnesses are varying
Both diseases are different but, so are the articles. In “Outbreak” it has the writing of a nonfiction format and “The Masque of the Red Death” has a format of realistic fiction. Edgar Allen Poe introduced us characters like Prince Prospero and he has a storyline. Poe’s story flows when he talks about the symptoms and facts that you don’t even notice he’s talking about them. But in “Outbreak” it gives you the cold hard facts. For example, the text states, “So far the virus had infected more than 4,000 people in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Senegal, and killed more than …show more content…
The disease called Ebola has sharp pains as does the disease mentioned in the second article tuberculosis. The story The Masque of the Red Death supplies, “There were sharp pains,...” and the article Outbreak says, “But before long, victims have stomach pains…” Another similarity among these two illnesses is that isolation was used to prevent both from spreading. The Masque of the Red Death supplies, “The abbey was amply provisioned. With such precautions the courtiers might bid defiance to contagion. The external world could take care of itself.” This quote provides the evidence that the “external world” was outside the isolated area that was being used to prevent the disease from entering. Both of these illnesses are varying