The Masque of the Red Death

"The Masque of the Red Death" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in May 1842 in Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine.

Illustration of Prince Prospero confronting the "Red Death" by Arthur Rackham, 1935

"The Masque of the Red Death"
Illustration by Harry Clarke, 1919
Author	Edgar Allan Poe
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Horror
Published in	Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine
Media type	Print
Publication date	May 1842

Plot

A painful and fatal disease involving blood aka kinbni

am and finds him lying dead. His courtiers try to unmask the figure..only to find nothingness! Only then do they realize the figure is the Red Death itself, and all of the guests contract and succumb to the disease. With the last of them die the clock and the flames illuminating the scarlet window both die out at the same time. "And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all". done!

Other websites

• "The Masque of the Red Death" Archived 2008-05-02 at the Wayback Machine at EServer.org
• "The Masque of the Red Death" with annotated vocabulary at PoeStories.com
• Sabrina Laurent (July 2003). "Metaphor and Symbolism in The Masque of the Red Death" Archived 2006-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Bohème Magazine Online.
• Analyzing Poe's Work Biographically and Psychologically Archived 2006-09-06 at the Wayback Machine Illinois State University