LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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sympathetic
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indifferent
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benevolent
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hostile
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Detailed explanation-1: -Terms in this set (10) why do prince Prospero and his follower retreat to his palace? Because the red death was trying to kill him.
Detailed explanation-2: -Poe uses Prince Prospero to symbolize the boastful confidence of the rich. In the beginning of the story, his people are dying from the Red Death. He decides to lock himself up with his rich friends and leave his kingdom to die.
Detailed explanation-3: -Prince Prospero’s supposed pride is best seen as a protective mask, a mask of indifference with which he tries to shield himself from death. Commentaries on “The Masque of the Red Death” often, rightly, describe the story’s action in terms of a battle.
Detailed explanation-4: -In “The Masque of the Red Death, ” a gruesomely masked guest inexplicably crashes the apocalyptic soiree and is eventually revealed to be the plague itself personified, killing the prince and his fellow revelers alike.