Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque Of The Red Death

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Do you think that Edgar Allan Poe was talking about Ebola in “The Masque of the Red Death?” Poe was not talking about Ebola. I am going to argue about the blood and symptoms, place and time, and the reaction to the diseases. First, is the Blood and symptoms. Secondly, is the place and time and lastly the reaction to the diseases. The symptoms of the red death are bleeding from the pores. Although, Ebola causes bleeding from the pores, it causes bleeding from certain places on the body like the ears, nose and mouth. The red death after you catch it you could die in a matter of thirty minutes. In Ebola’s case it could take up to three weeks to just show symptoms. Poe could be exaggerating the time period to show symptoms, but …show more content…

The time periods are very different as the red death took place in the 1700s and Ebola was not found until found in 1976. The time variation it too large for me to think that it is the same disease. The red death was in Prince Prospero’s kingdom. Ebola took place in Africa. I doubt that his kingdom is in Africa I would think that it was in England or America. The reaction to Ebola were over exaggerated like people in every country had and we were all going to die. The reaction to the red death were appropriate because you could not treat it fast enough before they die. The red death’s reaction was not too exaggerated because they did not have a cure. There is cure in a work for Ebola and it is probably coming soon knowing modern technology. The Ebola reaction was too much reaction to the disease. It was spread in different ways. The red death was spread by people being near you. Ebola was spread by fruit bats and it was spread by bush meat that some people eat. They did not tell us how the red death began. The article said that Ebola started by fruit bats. There is no cure for either of the diseases. In my opinion Poe was not talking about Ebola in “The Masque of the Red Death.” I gave you my reasoning for the symptoms, the setting,