ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Poe’s allusions to the Bible include his remarks about the Red Death itself: that the Red Death “out-Heroded Herod"; that he “came like a thief in the night"; and that in the end he has “dominion” over all.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Red Death: Though the story can be read as a straightforward tale of a gruesome plague, it is most often read as an allegory for the inevitability of death. By this reading, the Red Death and the masked figure both represent death itself.

Detailed explanation-3: -Allusion Examples in Everyday Speech "Chocolate cake is my Achilles heel.” The allusion here is to “Achilles’ heel, ” or the Greek myth about the hero Achilles and how his heel was his one weakness. In this case, the speaker’s “weakness” is chocolate cake.

Detailed explanation-4: -Poe makes frequent use of allusions to Greek and Roman mythology and the Christian Bible. The bust of Pallas refers to the Greek goddess of wisdom, Pallas Athena. Her presence in the chamber evokes rationality and learning, which the raven’s presence literally and figuratively overshadows.