were placed on this time period. In his short story, entitled The Masque of Red Death, Poe creates a disease, called the Red Death, that plagues a fictional country where the story takes place. The prince of the country, Prince Prospero, feels hopeful, although the disease is spreading throughout his country rapidly. He locks the gates of his palace so that the plague cannot reach him, and after several months of the plague ravaging the country, he throws an extravagant masquerade ball. He decorates…
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