ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The story follows Prince Prospero’s attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball in seven rooms of the abbey, each decorated with a different color.

Detailed explanation-2: -Prince Prospero, also simply known as Prospero, is the uncomplimentary ruler of an Italian province and the main antagonist of the 1964 adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death. He was portrayed by the late Vincent Price, who also played Dr. Phibes in The Abominable Dr.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Main Characters. In ‘’The Masque of the Red Death, ” there are only two major characters: Prince Prospero and the mysterious masked figure, who we later find out is the Red Death.