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The Masque Of The Red Death Mood Analysis

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Edgar Allan Poe who wrote The Masque of the Red Death is a master at creating imagery. He wants a certain mood and image in the minds of his readers and does everything he can to put it there. The mood of this story is dark and threatening, Poe developes this mood by adding very detailed descriptions, characters, and experiences to the plot. “He had come like a thief in the night” (14) is one of the descriptions that sticks out the most. Out of all of his writings, there is no sense quite as creepy as the one this sentence implies. The reference almost gives you chills. Secondly, “THE ‘Red Death’ had long devastated the country.” (1) Poe has done some interesting things with the characters in his stories but the Red Death has to be one of
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