LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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God punishes sinners
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time passes slowly
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wealth cannot protect anyone from death
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one shouldn’t attend parties uninvited
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Detailed explanation-1: -The theme of Poe’s allegory quite clearly focuses on the impossibility, regardless of one’s power, wealth, and influence, of escaping mortality. However, the story is somewhat more complex than this easy moral statement would suggest. First, the particular nature of the Red Death itself creates a basic irony.
Detailed explanation-2: -Throughout this story, Poe addresses a few distinguishable themes, or ideas meant to convey universal messages: humanity’s desire to escape death, madness, and human selfishness.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following best expresses the theme, or main idea, of “The Masque of the Red Death"? Wealth offers no refuge from death. In “The Masque of the Red Death, ” whom does Prince Prospero invite to his abbey?
Detailed explanation-4: -What is the theme? One cannot escape his fate or death: The prevalence of representations of time suggest that though the masqueraders attempt to escape disease and death, it is not possible to do so.
Detailed explanation-5: -Which statement best identifies a major theme in the story? Death is more powerful than life or growth.