Compare And Contrast Ebola And The Masque Of The Red Death

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Could Edgar Allan Poe, the author of “ The Masque of the Red Death” could have been talking about modern day Ebola? In Edgar 's story the outbreak had some similarities with modern day Ebola, but it was just a coincidence. There 's absolutely no way Edgar Allan Poe could 've known about Ebola before it actually happened. Although Edgar was the only author to use the sickness before it happened, it wouldn 't be that hard to come up with it. Having blood coming leaking out of you isn 't common, but it does make a good story and Edgar Allan Poe saw potential in his idea.
Some people claim that Edgar was talking about Ebola but they have absolutely no proof or reason to believe so. The two are not exactly alike they do share some similarities,