Red Death plague
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The Red Death plague is a fictional, gruesomely lethal disease in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death,” symbolizing inescapable mortality and the futility of wealth and isolation against death.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional disease
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literary symbol ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Masque of the Red Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedColor | red ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
blood
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decay ⓘ terror ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
profuse bleeding
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red stains on the body ⓘ sharp pains ⓘ sudden dizziness ⓘ swift progression to death ⓘ |
| climacticAppearance | masked figure at the masquerade ball ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defeats |
Prince Prospero
NERFINISHED
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Prospero's guests ⓘ |
| embodiedAs |
figure shrouded in grave-like garments
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figure with mask resembling a stiffened corpse ⓘ tall and gaunt figure ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Masque of the Red Death universe ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1842 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Graham's Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext |
Gothic fiction
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horror literature ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | film adaptations of The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ |
| hasVictims |
Prince Prospero's courtiers
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inhabitants of Prince Prospero's dominions ⓘ |
| influenced | later depictions of personified plagues in fiction ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | real historical plagues (interpretation) ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
allegory of cholera epidemics
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allegory of social inequality ⓘ allegory of tuberculosis ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| medium | short story ⓘ |
| mortalityRate | nearly 100 percent ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to defeat attempts to escape death
ⓘ
to penetrate Prince Prospero's abbey ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Prince Prospero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Edgar Allan Poe's body of work NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
divine or cosmic judgment
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futility of isolation ⓘ futility of wealth ⓘ inescapable mortality ⓘ inevitability of death ⓘ memento mori ⓘ |
| themeRelation |
illusion of safety through seclusion
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inevitability of death regardless of social class ⓘ limits of human control ⓘ |
| timeToDeath | about half an hour ⓘ |
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