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The Masque of the Red Death

The Masque of the Red Death

  

by Edgar Allan Poe

Discussion & Essay Questions

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Sample of Discussion & Essay Questions


  1. Prince Prospero's masked ball takes place "toward the close of the fifth or sixth month of his seclusion" (3). Why is the narrator vague about how much time has passed?