LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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A strange masked figure is seen by the whole company.
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Prince Prospero asks all of the guests to leave.
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The Red Death kills everyone in the castle.
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Prince Prospero commits suicide.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What happens immediately when the ebony clock strikes midnight? A strange masked figure is seen by the whole company. Prince Prospero asks all of the guests to leave. The Red Death kills everyone in the castle.
Detailed explanation-2: -The clock effects the partygoers and makes them scared/nervous; Eerie mood.
Detailed explanation-3: -In conjunction with man’s quick and brief journey through life is the rapid passing of time, represented by the black clock; every time the clock strikes the hour, the musicians quit playing and all of the revelers momentarily cease their celebrating.
Detailed explanation-4: -Prince Prospero’s guests seem happy and carefree, but they stop celebrating and get very quiet every time the clock chimes.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Masque of Red Death-What does the ebony clock symbolize? Every hour when the clock chimes, they all stop and listen. It’s means they have lost and hour of their life and they are closer to death.