Question

What is the theme of Poe’s short story “Masque of the Red Death”?

What is the mood of the story? What are some words in the story support this?

Who do you think is the protagonist and antagonist in the story? Explain your answer.

What is the setting of the story? Why is this important, and what does this say about the prince and his followers?

What is the conflict in the story? What kind of conflict is this?

What is the Red Death? What are its symptoms?

What do the prince and his followers intend to do while the pandemic of the Red Death rages on in the country?

How does the prince ensure no one can enter or leave the castled abbey after he and his one thousand followers arrive?

What do the colors of the seven rooms of the imperial suite represent?

What does the ebony clock represent?

Why do you think Poe notes how many seconds are in each hour?

Why do you think the musicians stop playing and the followers stop dancing when the clock chimes every hour during the masquerade ball?

At what hour do the followers at the ball become aware of the guest in the disguise of a victim of the Red Death?

What does the prince want to do to the guest masquerading as a victim of the Red Death?

The guest dressed as a victim of the Red Death is described with the idiom “it out-herods Herod.” What does this mean?

Prince Prospero is in the blue room when the guest dressed as the Red Death comes within a yard of him and then turns and walks away. What happens next? What is the symbolism of this?

What does Prince Prospero intend to do the guest when he catches him?

What happens when the prince catches up to the guest in the black room?

Some of the prince’s followers then attack the guest. What do they discover?
What happens to the prince’s followers?

What is the last line of the story? What does it mean?

What are the connections between this story and Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest”?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer for the first one is the main themes in "The Masque of the Red Death" are art, reality, and class conflict. Art versus reality: Prospero's abbey symbolizes art's ability to enable individuals to create a universe distinct from reality.

I will edit this answer after I find more while researching on this topic.

Answer 2

Answer:

Gloomy and dark

protaganast red death

antaginst prince

a castle/fortress

trying to escape the red death

the red death is a diease that people get where they bleed and die'

they intend to party in a fortress while everyone else dies.

they bolt the doors shut themselves.

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time and death

to tell how time is important in the story

because they are scared

8th

hang him after they identify him

is scarier than scary.

he goes to the next room

un mask him

he kills prince prospero

he is the red death

they die

it means there is no happily ever after

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