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   With locked doors, food, drink, and means of merriment, Prince Prospero is convinced that he and his companions can securely wait out the Red Death. After several successful months avoiding contamination, Prospero throws a lavish masquerade ball.

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   A summary of “The Masque of the Red Death” (1845) in Edgar Allan Poe's Poe’s Short Stories. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Poe’s Short Stories and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.

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   Summary, themes, line-by-line analysis, poetic devices, form, meter, rhyme scheme, and more. Full definitions of each term with color-coded examples, followed by additional resources. The full play, poem, or sonnet alongside the modern English translation mapped by colors.

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   On Tuesday, we put together a brief plot summary of ‘The Masque of the Red Death’, Edgar Allan Poe’s short but terrifying story about a prince who retreats to his castellated abbey with a thousand of his courtiers, to avoid the horrific and fast-acting plague known as the ‘Red Death’.

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   The story opens with a recounting of a plague, the "Red Death"; it has long been devastating the country, and the narrator describes the process of the disease, emphasizing the redness of the blood and the scarlet stains.

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   What is the plot of the Masque of the Red Death?

   • On Tuesday, we put together a brief plot summary of ‘The Masque of the Red Death’, Edgar Allan Poe’s short but terrifying story about a prince who retreats to his castellated abbey with a thousand of his courtiers, to avoid the horrific and fast-acting plague known as the ‘Red Death’. You can read Poe’s story here.

   A Short Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Masque of the Red Death’

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   What is the message of the Masque of the Red Death?

   • As shown by the title, the short story “The Masque of the Red Death” is about death. Everywhere in the story, we see that there is death. The story opens with the description of the Red Death and closes with the dominance of death.

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   Why does Poe have a Red Death?

   • Just like Prince Prosper, Poe ignored the true nature of the disease. Poe’s brother William, his mother Eliza, and his foster mother Frances, died because of tuberculosis. Moreover, the red Death may also represent Cholera. The epidemic of cholera breaks in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1831. Poe witnessed this epidemic.

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   How does the story red death start?

   • The story opens with a recounting of a plague, the "Red Death"; it has long been devastating the country, and the narrator describes the process of the disease, emphasizing the redness of the blood and the scarlet stains. The disease is so deadly rapid that one is dead within thirty minutes after he is infected.

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   Is the Masque of the Red Death a bubonic plague?

   • This thought of bubonic plague is emphasized when at the climax of the story features Red Death in the black room. A scholar also gives an explanation by describing the Red Death, not as a disease but the weak man that is shared by humankind. The short story “The Masque of the Red Death” appears to be a scary dream.

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   Is there a connection between “Red Plague” and “Red Death”?

   • There is the mention of “red plague” in the play The Tempest. The Cabilan characters early in play utter a curse, which shows up as “red plague.” More than the similarity between “red plague” and Red Death,” there are other connections too. These connections between the two are explored by observing the “Prosperos” of the two works.

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   Before the judgment, the world will become chaotic, frenzied, topsy-turvy, violent, grotesque, and absorbed in sin, just like the masquerade ball. Read our complete notes on "The Masque of the Red Death", a famous short story by Edgar Allan Poe, covering this story's summary, and detailed analysis.