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    Prince Prospero hosts a masquerade ball in an abbey to escape the Red Death plague outside, though he cannot evade death forever. The questions ask about Prospero's hedonistic lifestyle, the symbolic meaning of colors like red and black in the different rooms of the abbey, and the moral the story offers about man's inability to avoid death despite attempts to do so through isolation or distraction.

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    Prince Prospero hosts a masquerade ball in an abbey to escape the Red Death plague outside, though he cannot evade death forever. The questions ask about Prospero's hedonistic lifestyle, the symbolic meaning of colors like red and black in the different rooms of the abbey, and the moral the story offers about man's inability to avoid death despite attempts to do so through isolation or distraction.

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    notebook February 24, 2021

    “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan  Poe

    1 a. Describe Prince Prospero.
    b. What does hedonism mean?
      c. What details in the story suggest that  Prospero’s lifestyle is 
    hedonistic?
    d. How is Prospero’s name ironic?
    e. What is the Red Death?
    f. Explain why the story is called “The Masque of the Red Death”?  (6 
    marks)

    2 a. Despite Prospero’s attempts to keep the 
    pestilence outside his castle, he fails.   Why?
    b. What moral does the story offer?  Use details/specific examples 
    from  the story to support your answers.   (2 marks)

    3. Colours are used symbolically in the story.  
    Suggest meanings suggested by red, black, and 2 other room colours.  
    Relate to the story.
    (4 marks)

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