LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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him protection against the epidemic raging outside
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time for the plague to take its course through his body
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him a reason to use his influence and prosperity to help others
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him time to reconnect with loved ones
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Detailed explanation-1: -After six months, Prince Prospero throws a masquerade ball and encourages his guests to dress as grotesquely as possible.
Detailed explanation-2: -In this macabre tale, a Prince Prospero seals himself and a thousand of his friends into the abbey of a castle in order to protect them from a deadly pestilence-The Red Death-that is ravaging the country.
Detailed explanation-3: -Instead of standing by his country, the prince seeks self-preservation and flees the Red Death. Prince Prospero quarantines the remainder of the courtiers in his dominion in an abbey in order to seclude them from the impending danger of the Red Death that is ferociously killing his kingdom.
Detailed explanation-4: -About five or six months into his stay, Prospero decides to have a spectacular masquerade ball (a ball where the guests wear masks and costumes).