![]() ![]() Within the castle a wild party is going on all day, every day. As such, Prospero has been very careful about whom he has allowed to enter his castle, which he has customized himself, and this man has decided to ignore these problems outside in his kingdom, thinking that "The external world could take care of itself." The castle is surrounded by a metal fence, and all of the entrances to it are welded shut by some of his servants to prevent anyone from coming or going. Those who bear any of these symptoms are not offered any assistance, because it is so contagious and attacks the body so very quickly. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.And the whole seizure, progress, and termination of the disease, were the incidents of half an hour" Poe, pg. In describing the unique nature of this illness, "Blood was its Avatar and its seal - the redness and the horror of blood. In an unknown country, a ruler named Prince Prospero has quarantined himself and one thousand of his closest friends within his castle to escape from the widespread Red Death which is plaguing the land. Stories of Edgar Allan Poe The Masque of the Red Death ![]()
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