In the beginning of The Masque of the Red Death people were dieing from a disease that had killed over half of the princes dominions. The disease could kill you in half an hour and you could not get better. The prince then decided to seal one thousand of his light hearted men and women into one of his castellated abbeys. The prince had decided that the outside world could fend for themselves and that they need not to folly with the emotions of the death and despair. The prince then had the abbey provisioned with dancers, buffoons, improvisatori, and wine to hold them over for the time they were to spend in the castle. In the fifth or sixth month the prince organized a masquerade for all the men and women of the castle to enjoy. During the dancing
