ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each of the rooms. Prospero dies after confronting this stranger, whose “costume” proves to contain nothing tangible inside it; the guests also die in turn.

Detailed explanation-2: -Prospero finally catches up to the new guest in the black-and-red room. As soon as he confronts the figure, Prospero dies. When other party-goers enter the room to attack the cloaked man, they find that there is nobody beneath the costume. Everyone then dies, for the Red Death has infiltrated the castle.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Infuriated, the prince draws a dagger and rushes ‘hurriedly through the six chambers, ” but as he approaches the figure, his dagger stops, and he falls dead upon the black carpet.

Detailed explanation-5: -In Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘’The Masque of the Red Death, ” the major characters are Prince Prospero and the Red Death, who first appears to be another guest at Prospero’s masquerade party.