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1. www.sparknotes.com › character › prince-prosperoThe Masque of the Red Death Prince Prospero - SparkNotes

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   Prospero is both the protagonist of “The Masque of the Red Death,” as well as its villain. He is the protagonist in the sense that he is the text’s principal character, but he is also a villain because, by the end of the tale, Poe condemns him for his selfish and wicked deeds.

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   Prince Prospero secludes himself and his high-ranking friends in order to escape a plague. The story begins by introducing and describing the effects of the plague, called the Red Death.

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   Jul 31, 2015 · Putting romance onstage, The Tempest gives us a magician, Prospero, a former duke of Milan who was displaced by his treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero is exiled on an island, where his only companions are his daughter, Miranda, the spirit Ariel, and the…

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   Prince Prospero is a terrible ruler. Does leaving your peasants to die of the plague while you go and lock yourself up safely in a pleasure palace count as being a good prince in your book? Fortunately, Prince Prospero's got more to his character than that, quite a lot more, actually.

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   Prospero is the main character in The Tempest. He is the Duke of Milan who was overthrown by his brother Antonio fifteen years before the start of the play and cast adrift in a boat with his baby daughter, Miranda. During those fifteen years he studied and taught himself how to do magic.

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   The main characters in "The Masque of the Red Death" are Prince Prospero, the masked figure, and Prospero's thousand friends. Prince Prospero isolates himself and his friends from the suffering...

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   Who is Prospero in 'The Masque of the Red Death'?

   • Prospero is the only named character in ‘The Masque of the Red Death’. He provides the lodgings and entertainment for the 1,000 courtiers who attempt to escape the plague. Prospero shares his name with a character from Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

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   Does Prospero want to face death?

   • Prospero does not want to face death. He deliberately flees it with his followers and tries not to think about it at all, so he can revel in the good times. But his attempt to escape death is doomed to failure: everybody has to die eventually.

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   Does Prince Prospero have a will?

   • Prince Prospero is a character who attempts to bend the world around him to his will in 'The Masque of the Red Death'. He leads the group of nobles and designs the 'reverie' they live in. Although he has a strong will, he is eventually forced to submit to death.

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   Why is Prospero so outraged when the Red Death shows up?

   • That may be way Prospero is so outraged when the Red Death shows up. It's a kind of death that doesn't fit into his artwork, and that indeed offends his taste. The Red Death's arrival means that Prospero has lost control of the situation: it is real death, not just imagined death.

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   Is Prospero a villain?

   • He is the protagonist in the sense that he is the text’s principal character, but he is also a villain because, by the end of the tale, Poe condemns him for his selfish and wicked deeds. Prospero is the prince of an unnamed country whose population is being decimated by a deadly disease known as the Red Death.

   The Masque of the Red Death Prince Prospero - SparkNotes

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   Who is Prospero in the Tempest?

   • Prospero is the main character in The Tempest. He is the Duke of Milan who was overthrown by his brother Antonio fifteen years before the start of the play and cast adrift in a boat with his baby daughter, Miranda. During those fifteen years he studied and taught himself how to do magic. Why is Prospero important in The Tempest?

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   Prospero: The only named character in “The Masque of the Red Death,” Prospero provides the lodgings and entertainment for the 1,000 courtiers who attempt to escape the plague.