Setting and Story


The setting in the story, "The Masque of the Red Death", is very important to the story as a whole. In many situations it is needed to relay important ideas. There are three main things in the plot that give the story this special touch. One example is the color of the rooms of the abbey. The next thing is the seclusion of the abbey, This gives the characters a false sense of security and a sort of dramatic irony to the reader. The third thing in the setting was the era that story took place.
The colors of the rooms play an important role in the story. Each room seems to take on a kind of theme some more obvious than others. The Black room represented the "Red Death" even though this is not stated the reader can assume this because the people avoid that room during the story. No one enters it until the "Red Death" kills the prince in it. The rooms add a lot to the story. They help convey the idea that their are two forces at work. The good and the bad,......

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Title: Setting And Story
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