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Examples Of Imagery In The Masque Of Red Death

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Painting A Picture With Words Edgar Allan Poe uses imagery in “The Masque of the Red Death” to vividly illustrate the scene of a masquerade party during a time of a destructive pestilence. The mood colorfully expressed by Poe throughout the short story evokes feelings of an unfamiliar setting and strange characters. The picture Poe illustrates with his writing in this short story is interesting yet grim which makes the mood somber. The mood of the characters and setting changes throughout the story, and the progression is told with imagery and symbols. The setting in The Masque of Red Death is in a medieval era with an alternate black plague. This alternate world disease is killing everyone violently as told by Poe “…sharp pains and sudden
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