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: -There were seven rooms in the imperial suite at the abbey, laid out from east to west, just as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. The rooms are blue, purple, green, orange, white and violet. Each room, according to one theory, represents a stage in the life of man.

Detailed explanation-3: -The story’s main action takes place in an elaborate suite of seven colored rooms within the abbey, where Prospero holds the masquerade ball. The suite, which Prospero designed, consists of seven rooms that run in a line from east to west.

Detailed explanation-4: -The windows were of colored glass, of the same color that was used in each room. The first room had blue cloth hangings on the wall-and blue were its windows. The second room had wall hangings of that blue-red known as purple, and here the windows were purple. The third was green, and so was the glass of the windows.

Detailed explanation-5: -How many rooms were there in use the night of the masquerade ball? What were there respective colors? There were seven rooms. Blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet, and black.