The masked figure is the Black Death, and his arrival at the party shows that no one, no matter how rich they were, could escape from the Bubonic Plague in the medieval ages.
In "The Masque of the Red Death," Poe describes the prince as having apartments in the colors of blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet, and black. Based on what you know about the story, which is the best explanation for this variety of colors?
Arrangement of Rooms East to West in Prospero's Castellated Abbey in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"1.) blue- birth2.) purple- start of adolescence3.) green- nurturing associated with growth(finding love)4.) orange- growing old (silvery hair)5.) white- assention to heaven6.) violet- dying(setting sun)7.) black- represents the darkness of deaththe stages of lifeit means lfe cycle
The Abbey represents fear! Prince Prospero is scared of getting the red death and so he goes to his Abbey and stays their! He represents courage for going up to unmask the shadow(red death).
This means that in the end of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death," the red death ends up killing everyone inside the Prince's abbey, which is ironic because the purpose of locking themselves in the abbey in the first place is to escape the red death.
Hearken and listen can be switched to make sense in a sentence in most cases. For example: "...there came from the brazen lungs of the clock a sound which was clear and loud and deep and exceedingly musical, but of so peculiar a note and emphasis that, at each lapse of an hour, the musicians of the orchestra were constrained to pause, momentarily, in their performance, to hearken to the sound..." -Edgar Allan Poe "The Masque of the Red Death"
the disease called the red death
cause he wants 2c kill the man
Arrival Death Departure
He was dressed in red death
Prince Prospero is depicted as a wealthy and arrogant nobleman who tries to escape the Red Death by isolating himself and his guests in his abbey. He is shown as selfish and uncaring towards the suffering outside his walls, focusing only on his own pleasure and protection. His actions ultimately lead to his downfall as death catches up to him despite his efforts to avoid it.
When the clock strikes upon each hour, the guests become silent and stop what they are doing. Also when the masked figure finally appears and the Prince is chasing after him through all of the rooms.
The revellers gasped at the horror of the motionless figure with the grave-cerements and corpse-like countenance, and finally the red death's presence was acknowledged, and everyone fell to their deaths, leaving the red death with dominion over all
The masque is made up of the Roman goddesses Iris, Ceres and Juno.
Ceres, Juno. and Iris
un masque (a mask), le masque (the mask)
If you read up on some of Poe's life you can answer this your self, but the masked visitor represent death and illness. Through out Poe's life most of the woman including his wife and mother all died of TB. This impacted Poe a great deal.
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