Essays on The Masque of The Red Death

The story of Prince Prospero and the people within his kingdom allowed me to see how the idea of disestablishment constantly fueled the fear of death rapidly approaching them. Since a plague wiped out many of their people around the country already, each begins to…

Horror has a way of affecting those who indulge in its sensitive genre, be it through literature, poetry, movies, and even T.V. shows. It affects its readers and viewers by agitating the emotion humans tend to be most sensitive to: fear. It does this in…

The allegory within the Masque of the Red Death Edgar Allen Poe was quite the gothic writer in the late 1800s and his work is still quite popular today amongst many. The short passage, “Masque of the Red Death” is an utmost example of a…

Within Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death” story, Prince Prospero comes out as an immodest character. To this end, Prince Prospero decorates seven party apartments with large amounts of gold. Moreover, Prince Prospero attempts to attack a strange guest who shows up…