Edgar Allen Poe wrote the short story “The Masque of the Red Death” in 1842. While only one

In "The Masque Of The Red Death", Edgar Allan Poe uses words and phrases to create an effect. He uses bold and dark words to help his readers be able to picture a very good image of the story and the mood that he wants to set. When he claiming that, "no pestilence had ever been so fatal ", that let the readers know that is was probably a very strong and gruesome disease that killed many of the town people. When Poe starts the story he starts by describing "The Red Death" and its symptoms. He described it as, "sharp pains, sudden dizziness, profuse bleeding at the pores with dissolution", "seizure process and termination of the disease were the incident of half and hour", he lists the symptoms as if it were a recipe, he is very straightforward and uses words that give an image to every symptom, he completely lets the reads know that "the red death" was a very nasty painful disease and you could imagine how much it made the characters suffer all in half

Poe describes the abbey, “The abbey was amply provisioned. With such precautions the courtiers might bid defiance to contagion.” (Poe, p. 420) Poe proposes that Prince Prospero made significant efforts to keep the Red Death away from the abbey/the people inside, demonstrating mankind’s attempts to prevent death. According to the author, “They resolved to leave means neither of ingress nor egress to the sudden impulses of despair or of frenzy from within.” (Poe, p. 420). Those inside had no way out, symbolizing the precautions man makes to avoid death. As stated by the author, “..there were many individuals in the crowd who had found leisure to become aware of the presence of a masked figure which had arrested the attention of no single individual before” (Poe, p. 424). This explains the uninvited presence of the Red Death. Regardless of the earthly power of men, death will always find a way to you. The crenellated abbey is a symbol that aids in developing the

In the "Masque of the Red Death," the first sentence, "The Red Death had long devastated the country," sets the tone for the whole story. Poe describes the horrors of the disease, stressing the redness of the blood and the scarlet stains. The disease kills so quickly that one can die within thirty minutes of being infected with the disease. To create a frightening effect

He had published several other literary works, but these had not brought him fame and a reputation in the horror scene. With Poe’s writing of the poem, The Raven, with its darker setting and inclusion of death brought him more recognition from the general public as well as fitting into the gothic horror type of writing. The Masque of the Red Death, which is another of Poe’s short stories, had direct inspiration from Walpole’s novel, The Castle of Otranto, with its setting and ending to the plot. The Masque of the Red Death is set in an abbey owned by the main character, Prince Prospero, here all of the wealthy and powerful people go so that the Red Death can’t get to them. There are seven rooms which are all different colors, the last one being painted black with a scarlet light lighting up the room, giving the room a sense of being covered in blood, and in the corner a frighteningly white ebony clock. Very few people went into the room due to the room being “decorated in black and illuminated by a scarlet light, ‘a deep blood color’”, because of this combination these people were not brave enough to step into that room. Later in the story a figure comes in and wreaks havoc, Prince ended up chasing this figure only to find out that this figure is the Red Death itself, and when everyone comes to see who it is they end up dying soon after

Michael Ruiz once said, “Everyone dies. There’s no point in fighting it.” In Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe, there is a disease that kills almost everyone in a country so the king brings all survivors into a castle to prevent it from killing anyone else, although it still ends up getting in from a ghost, and wipes everyone else out. In Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe, Poe uses gothic elements such as a gloom setting, supernatural beings, curses, and air of mystery and suspense.

In ‘’the Masque of the Red Death’’ the feeling the author Edgar Allan Poe is trying to give is he wants the readers to feel scared. In the story there are multiple places that Poe is trying to show that it is scary. For example, ‘’ there were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.” This shows that Poe is trying to make it scary because hearing that this sickness could make you bleed at the pores just puts this awful scary image in the readers head. The Red Death is portraying tuberculosis so when people read this they know that this is a real disease and people actually get it so it makes them worry about if they can get it or not. Another example would be “there were twelve strokes to

It’s the mid 1300’s, daily life is going as usual, a plague is going around, people start to panic, adults abandoning their children, some people are locking themselves indoors. A vile stench goes into the air. Plague Doctors, with their creepy bird-like masks and creepy blood covered cloak, start walking into town. A sharp pain cuts through the townspeople's bodies as they start feeling weaker and they see that their face is turning very red. Before anyone knows it a familiar body is in the street unresponsive. Edgar Allan Poe took inspiration from the symptoms on people from The Black Death and used it for “The Masque of the Red Death”, such as body color changing after death, dying soon after anyone gets the plague, and more. Edgar Allan Poe took inspiration from The Black Death when writing “The Masque of the Red Death.”

When it comes to reading literature the most challenging yet important task is to understand the purpose of the author's writing. In Romantic era literature understanding the emotions and thoughts that are created in the reader's mind are essential to gaining a clear message that the writer is trying to send. In Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “The Masque of the Red Death” the narrator immediately introduces the “Red Death”; a disease that has been spreading throughout Prince Prospero’s country; killing his people within half an hour of contracting the disease. Throughout the story the author continuously uses diction and syntax to create suspense and evoke a grim tone to the reader. In the “Masque of The Red Death” Poe produces fearful imagery in the reader's mind through creating a supernatural presence in the setting.

Edgar Allan Poe was a writer who believed every single word contained meaning and in his own words expressed this idea in brevity only he is capable, "…there should be no word written, of which tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one pre-established design." (Poe 244). To this effect, Poe drenches his works in symbolism and allegory. Especially in shorter works, Poe assigns meaning to the smallest object, explicitly deriving exurbanite significance within concise descriptions. "The Masque of the Red Death" tells the story of a Prince Prospero who along with his one thousand friends sought a haven from the plague that was ravishing their country. They lived together in the prince's luxurious abbey with all the amenities and

“The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe is a classic story from the romantic era of American literature. This story contains all the elements of a romantic era story: nature emotion and intuition.

The abbey is fully stocked with supplies and entertainment: “The prince had provided all the appliances of pleasure. There were buffoons; there were improvisatori, there were ballet-dancers, there were musicians, there was Beauty, there was wine” (Poe 1). The luxury of the abbey shows the extent to which the opulent spend their money selfishly, instead of attending to their subjects. The masked stranger who arrives at the masquerade; “his vesture was dabbled in blood -- and his broad brow, with all the features of the face, was besprinkled with the scarlet horrors”(Poe 4) scares the revelers and represents the disease that is ravaging the citizens outside the abbey. Just like the plague, it swept the people away in a horrible fashion “

The Masque of the Red Death is a story written by Edgar Allen Poe. The story is about a country that is plagued by a disease. The Prince in the country brings all the important people in a large abbey. When all of the people are in the abbey they weld the large metal gates together. They stay there until the disease is gone so they think.

Poe’s use of symbolism is very evident throughout the story of “The Masque of the Red Death”. Much has been made about the meaning of the rooms that fill Prince Prospero’s lavish getaway. One such critique, Brett Zimmerman writes, “It is difficult to believe that a symbolist such as Poe would refuse to assign significance to the hues in a tale otherwise loaded with symbolic and allegorical suggestiveness” (Zimmerman 60). Many agree that the seven rooms represent the seven stages of human existence. The first, blue, signifying the beginnings of life. Keeping in mind Poe’s Neo-Platonism and Transcendentalism stance, the significance of blue is taken a step further. Not only does blue symbolize the beginning of life, but the idea of immortality is apparent when considering these ideas. “Perhaps ‘The Masque of the Red Death’ then, is not quite the bleak existential vision we have long thought it to be”, expounds Zimmerman (Zimmerman 70). Poe’s use of each color is significant to the seven stages

Have you ever read a story where fantasy is the reality and things do not quite make sense? This is true for “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allen Poe. In it is a version of the black plague, which is called the “Red Death”. Prince Prospero secludes a thousand friends and himself from the death around them, but finds that he cannot avoid the inevitable. The author uses many literary devices to create an interesting and meaningful story. One of the devices used is imagery, which evokes the events of the story clearly in the reader’s mind. Another is allegory, which is used by Poe to create another story within his, as it is filled with double meanings. Lastly, Poe utilizes symbolism to give the story meaning. Edgar Allan Poe uses

The Masque of the Red Death is a short story first published in Graham’s Magazine, 1842 by Edgar Allen Poe. It is sometimes understood as a story about the fact that death is ultimately unstoppable. It is a fine example of gothic fiction because of its dark and mysterious themes.