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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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   Edgar Allan Poe’s 1842 short story “The Masque of the Red Death” tells the tale of a wealthy prince named Prospero who locks himself and 1,000 of his companions inside a fortified palace in an attempt to avoid a plague.

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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 Masque of the Red Death" (originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey.

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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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   How does Poe conclude the Masque of the Red Death?

   • Unfortunately for them, they have very little time to process such an astonishing sight because they all succumb to the Red Death and die almost instantly. Poe concludes “The Masque of the Red Death” by writing that, in the end, the Red Death has “dominion” over all.

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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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   Who wrote 'meaning and The Masque of the Red Death'?

   • "Meaning and 'The Masque of the Red Death'". In Regan, Robert (ed.). Poe: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. ^ Quinn, Arthur Hobson (1998). Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 331. ISBN 0-8018-5730-9. ^ Laurent, Sabrina (July 2003).

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   What is Red Death based on?

   • A disease known as the Red Death plagues the unnamed fictional country where this tale is set. The disease causes its victims to die quickly and gruesomely; every person who contracts this deadly disease is overcome by “sharp pains,” “sudden dizziness,” and “profuse bleeding at the pores,” and dies within half an hour of contracting the virus.

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   What happened to the Red Death?

   • The revelers rush into the room and the figure in the shadows is now intangible, save for the mask and grave-like robes. The Red Death captures each dancer, one by one, the clock stops and the lights go out, and the Red Death finally rules over the whole realm.

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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.