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The Masque of the Red Death

by Edgar Allan Poe

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The Masque of the Red Death

The story uses a setting of a masquerade to develop the theme of being unable to escape death.

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The Masque of the Red Death

Blood imagery in "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe highlights the horror and inevitability of death. Imagery includes literal and metaphorical references to blood, such as describing...

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