The Masque of the Red Death

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Gothic fiction work allegory short story

The Masque of the Red Death is a Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that allegorically explores themes of mortality and the inevitability of death through a prince’s doomed attempt to escape a deadly plague.

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The Masque of the Red Death canonical 11
Masque of the Red Death 2
The Masque of the Red Death (1842) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic fiction work ⓘ
allegory ⓘ
short story ⓘ
adaptedAs The Masque of the Red Death self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)

The Masque of the Red Death (1989 film) ⓘ
various stage adaptations ⓘ
author Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
centralCharacter Prince Prospero ⓘ
centralMotif Red Death plague ⓘ
clock ⓘ
masquerade ball ⓘ
seven colored rooms ⓘ
climax revelation of the Red Death at the masquerade ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ending death of all revelers ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Graham's Magazine ⓘ
genre Gothic fiction ⓘ
allegorical fiction ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Prince Prospero ⓘ
nobles at the abbey ⓘ
The Masque of the Red Death self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: the Red Death figure
includedIn collections of Edgar Allan Poe's tales ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
literarySubgenre Gothic literature ⓘ
surface form: Dark Romanticism
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
narrativeTimeSpan several months of the plague ⓘ
notableLine "And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all." ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication Philadelphia ⓘ
publicationYear 1842 ⓘ
setting Prince Prospero's abbey ⓘ
medieval-like unspecified country ⓘ
structure single continuous narrative ⓘ
symbol The Masque of the Red Death self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Red Death

ebony clock ⓘ
masked figure ⓘ
seven rooms ⓘ
theme decadence and corruption of the aristocracy ⓘ
futility of wealth against death ⓘ
human denial of death ⓘ
inevitability of death ⓘ
isolation and escapism ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
tone foreboding ⓘ
macabre ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death → adaptedAs → The Masque of the Red Death self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)
The Masque of the Red Death → hasCharacter → The Masque of the Red Death self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Red Death figure
Edgar → notableWork → The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ
subject surface form: Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe bibliography → hasNotableWork → The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ
Prince Prospero's abbey → locatedInWork → The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ
Prince Prospero's abbey → associatedWith → The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ
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Prince Prospero's abbey → firstAppearance → The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Masque of the Red Death (1842)
Prince Prospero → appearsIn → The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ
Prince Prospero → firstPublicationContext → The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Masque of the Red Death (1842)
Roger Corman → directed → The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ
The Masque of the Red Death (1989 film) → basedOn → The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ
The Masque of the Red Death (1989 film) → title → The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ
Hazel Court → notableWork → The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ
Roger Corman Poe cycle → basedOn → The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ
subject surface form: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)
Tracy Reiner → notableWork → The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masque of the Red Death
Tracy Reiner → appearedInFilm → The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masque of the Red Death
The Fall of the House of Usher → basedOn → The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ
subject surface form: The Fall of the House of Usher (TV series)