The Masque of the Red Death

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…

writings. He died at the age of forty, and in that time he wrote a staggering seventy poems and sixty-six short stories. A few of these notorious writings would include “The Masque of…

In particular, Poe’s setting in “The Masque of the Red Death” of the seven apartments was a technique that showed the contrast of the ignorant joy that was exhibited by the characters in the story to death that surrounded them. Each apartment in “The Masque of the Red Death” have their own unique color with the order of the colors being blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet, and black. All of these…

The Masque of the Red Death" is in essence a story about the human desire to avoid death and the ultimate futility of such avoidance. Prince Prospero's name recalls both the term for wealth and the Shakespearean magician of "The Tempest" whose duchy was usurped, and he uses his wealth to give up his rule over his land and to flee death by shutting himself away with a thousand of his noblemen. Thus Poe shows him almost immediately to be fatally flawed, as he remains happy and carefree despite the…

known as the Black Death along with the Bubonic Plague, this disease was the basis for the Red Death in Poe’s 1842 short story “ The Masque of the Red Death”. In Poe’s story, a wealthy Prince gathers one thousand knights as well as dames dames at one of his abbeys, so they can “escape” the Red Death ravaging the land outside. The abbey contains an ebony clock that often serves as a reminder to the guests that they cannot escape their own deaths. In “The Masque of the Red Death”, Edgar Allan Poe…

of the Red Death,” possibly because they were both very deadly diseases. Based on what it said in the story they had similar symptoms such as bleeding, headaches, etc. How it’s delivered is very similar to Ebola; they’re both blood born diseases. Some other reasons why is because they are both very deadly. They are both not treatable for a cure as we know of. Based on the story it says that it caused a mass death in people; Ebola is the same in that. In the story “The Masque of the Red Death” it…

There are many different ways that peoples’ interpretation varies from story to story. The Masque of the Red Death is a story written by Edgar Allan Poe in the 1840’s. For the one hundred and seventy-five years it has been released to the public, people have fought over what the story symbolized. This story symbolizes the seven stages of life, birth, youth, adolescence, adulthood, old age, imminent death, and death itself. This story resembles a life of anyone who was brought on this earth and…

In the Circle Of Life, there are different phases or fates in your life. As human beings we acknowledge that this cycle begins with birth and ends with death, a terrifying word in our society. Now some people believe that the lump of time in between is pointless and you can’t change this destination you are bound for. Others believe that this period of time is used to actually benefit or hurt your way to the Promised Land and that you can change your fate. Some others believe that your fate can…

Symbolism and Morality in “The Masque of the Red Death” Edgar Allan Poe likes to keep his readers guessing. Poe writes in analogy, in questions. There is nothing immediately obvious about Poe’s short stories. Readers must read through the lines, literally and figuratively, to define his work. “The Masque of the Red Death” is no different. “‘The Masque of the Red Death’ suggests that we might stay alert to Poe’s tendency to be ambivalent about, to disguise, and to vary his treatment not only of…

The mood of The Masque of the Red Death is explained in many ways. The ways that it is showed are by the color of the rooms and to how the main characters are actually being portrayed in the story and how the mysterious figures keep showing up and how everybody is afraid of the mysterious figures. It is also showed when Prince Prospero was trying to get away from the Red Death person. The mood of the story is happy at first but tragic in the end. The mood is portrayed in the story by the color…