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Poe's
The Masque of the Red Death
The setting is in an unnamed European kingdom The overall emotion is gloomy and depressing Poe alludes to Hinduism by naming blood as the Avatar of the Red Death
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Edgar Allen Poe
Hinduism
Masquerade Mask
Poe is the father of horror stories and science fiction. Poe names the Bubonic Plague the "Red Death." The Masque of the Red Death was set in a time of a plague in Europe.
Crimson Masquerade
Poe writes about the horrible devastation the a plague causes. Once someone gets ''The Red Death,'' there is no cure for them. Poe tells the story from a first person view with a nameless narrator. Prince Prospero rules over the plague infected city. The story describes how horrible the plague is to contract.
