Very short summary of the masque of the red death
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The Masque of the Red Death
Edgar Allan Poe
BACKGROUND
This is another story from Poe. It is not a horror like his other ones. It is a symbolic story about death. It takes place in gothic times (middle ages).
MAIN CHARACTERS
Prince Prospero: He is a rich nobleman.
The Red Death: It is a figure who symbolizes death. It is like a disease, which spreads around and kills people.
PLOT
This plague called the Red Death is sweeping through the country killing people. A lot of Prince Prospero's men have been killed by it. One night the Prince has a masquerade ball. In his huge castle they have a lot of security to try and lock out this ghost/plague called the Red Death. Poe spends a lot of the story describing the rooms and the people at the ball. Then the Prince sees one guest in a mask that resembles the Red Death. He tells the guard to grab the guy, but nobody wants to touch him. Then the prince chases the guest and finally catches up with him. He tries to stab him but Prince Prospero falls dead. The other guests come in and see that the masked guest isn't a person at all, and has no humanly figure. Then all of the guests die
Explanation:
There's a virus going around. It's called the Red Death. Well someone thought they were too high and mighty for the disease. Mr. Richboy himself, Prince Prospero, had a party at his huge mansion. They hid inside the mansion and partied all night long. But too bad for the party goers, the Red Death found them. Since the Red Death wore a mask, everyone thought he was apart of the party. But soon, the Prince Prospero realized that he had no body of a man. The prince told someone to stab the Red Death. But nobody wanted to get close. The Red Death came after the prince and killed him first. The prince was the first of many to die in that mansion. Everyone at that party died for not doing what they were supposed to do which was stay home social distance.
Here is a short video of literally the whole thing. Save yourself from having to read it and just watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whqhsrXFQz8
