It is a good summary of the short story called "The masque of the red death" which was written by Edgar Allan Poe

1. THE MASQUE OF
THE RED
DEATH
By Edgar Allan Poe

2. CHARACTERS
• PROTAGONIST: PRINCE PROSPERO
A wealthy nobleman and a victim of
the Red Death. Prince Prospero’s wealth
turns out to be irrelevant in the natural
cycle of life and death.
• ANTAGONIST: MYSTERIOUS
GUEST
The personification of the Red Death.
The mysterious guest brings death to
those who deny their own mortality.

3. SUMMARY
• The Red Death plagues the land
• Prince Prospero decides to lock
the gates of his palace in order
to keep away from the plague.
• He invites his closest friends to
his palace.
• He organizes a maske ball

4. • He decorates the rooms of his
house in single colours.
• The rooms represent the
seven stages of life. They are
set from east to west (how
the sun sets and ends):

5. BLUE: birth
PURPLE: the beginning of growth
GREEN: the spring of life (Youth)
ORANGE: Summer and Autumn of
life
WHITE: Winter- aging
VIOLET: darkness
BLACK:death

6. • The ebony clock rings each
hour. Its sound is so loud and
distracting that everyone stops
talking and the orchestra stops
playing.
• At midnight, the clock sounds
and the guests begin to notice a

7. • Prince Prospero becomes angry
with the strange guest.
• Finally, Prospero confronts the
figure and dies. Then everyone
dies for the Red Death has
infiltrated the castle.

8. THEMES
DEATH
LIFE
FATE
SOCIAL CLASSES

9. SYMBOLsS
• SEVEN COLOURED ROOMS:
Stages of life
• ABBEY GATE: Social barrier
between the poor and the
wealthy
• THE RED DEATH: Death

10. • MASKS: the aristocrats attempt to
hide from the Red Death
• PRINCE PROSPERO: Ignorance; Inability to
accept death
• EBONY CLOCK: Passing time. People canoot
escape from Death

11. LITERARY
DEVICES

12. • NARRATOR
THIRD PERSON
• ALLUSION
There is a connection between
Prince Prospero and the main
character of Shakespeare's The
Tempest, who shares his name.

13. • PERSONIFICATION
The Red Death
• ALLEGORY
Humans´ desire to avoid death

14. THE END
FATIMA
MARCELO
JULIETA
MA. EUGENIA