Poe's "" is characterized by a tone of foreboding. Though the story takes
place at a party, and the crowd is mostly festive, there is an ominous undertone that is
sometimes even felt by the characters in the story. Of course, by the end of the story, all of
the revelers will be dead from the plague.
The story begins with a
description of the "red death" and the physical horrors it wreaks on the human body.
For example, "Blood was its Avatar and its sealthe redness and horror of blood." After
feeling pain and dizziness, the infected person would then experience...
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