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Comparing The Masque Of The Red Death And The Premature Burial

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Poe struggled with bouts of poverty, anxiety, and fantastic tragedy throughout his life, which may explain his perceptive approach to writing about death (Perkins 308). The fear associated with an untimely death plays a critical role in “The Masque of the Red Death” and “The Premature Burial.” Moreover, Poe places the characters in each story at the heart of this inconceivable fate. A comparison of both stories will show that Poe leveraged each characters fear, and in the end, that emotional anguish far outweighed the act of death itself. Prince Prospero in “The Masque of the Red Death,” provides an ideal solution to escape death. The plan encompassed a generous portion of his most favored members of the court, and a castellated abbey
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