Edgar Allan Poe: "The Masque of the Red Death" - Read

Question 1

note

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• watch for setting, characterization, symbolism and aphorisms

Question 2

the masquerade ball, in “The Masque of the Red Death,” is a “masked” affair, symbolic of

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that which is concealed, which is not real

Question 3

when Prince Prospero first confronted the figure of the Red Death, in “The Masque of the Red Death,” he was

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in the blue, or first chamber

Question 4

one of the contrasts Poe makes in “The Masque of the Red Death” is his stronghold – a “castellated abbey,” a structure that combines secularism and religion, the gaudiness and grandeur of a castle with the piety and austerity of a church, which

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adds to the bizarre nature of the setting

Question 5

the following passage form paragraph 9 of “The Masque of the Red Death”“The Masque of the Red Death” is
There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion. Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made

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almost like an aphorism

Question 6

prince prospero and his guests in “The Masque of the Red Death”, welded the gates of the castellated abbey shut so no one could get in or out, showing that

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they were only concerned about themselves and the present