Prince Prospero is appalled by the guest's appearance, and his horror gives way to outrage as he determines to punish the
masked intruder
for his insolence and effrontery. He first asks other guests to seize the intruder, but they are intimidated and frightened and refuse to do so.
What happened between Prospero and the masked stranger?
In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each of the rooms.
Prospero dies after confronting this stranger
, whose “costume” proves to contain nothing tangible inside it; the guests also die in turn.
Why does Prince Prospero objects to the masked stranger?
Why does Prince Prospero object to the masked stranger?
To flow out or proceed
. Wealth offers no refuge from death. … Everyone dies including Prince Prospero.
Why did Prince Prospero react to the masked figure with hostility?
Prince Prospero and his thousand friends had quarantined themselves against the Red Death inside an abbey. He has a tendancy to like lavish, grotesque costumes, but when someone shows up dressed as the Red Death, he
becomes enraged
. His anger stems from his (and the others') fear of the Red Death.
Where does Prince Prospero confront the masked figure?
It is
in the seventh chamber
where Prince Prospero and his guests die at the feet of the personification of the Red Death, which held “illimitable dominion over all.” Overall, the masked figure represents the deadly pestilence and symbolizes death.
What happens when they unmask the intruder?
What happens when they unmask the intruder?
The Red Death
. … Morbid/Gruesome; Because the way the last room and the way the Red Death was described.
Who was the unknown masked figure?
Who is the mysterious masked figure? The mysterious mass figure is
the red death itself
.
Why did Prince Prospero chase after the intruder?
In “The Masque of the Red Death”, Prince Prospero confronts the masked
man because he intends to kill him
.
What are the 7 rooms in Masque of the Red Death?
Arranged in a row from east to west, the seven color-coded rooms in the abbey are considered symbolic of the progression of life. The stages they represent are
birth (blue), youth (purple), adolescence (green), adulthood (orange), old age (white), imminent death (violet), and death itself (black/scarlet)
.
What is foreshadowed when Prospero's brow reddened with rage at the sight of the intruder?
is costumed as a victim of the Red Death. What is foreshadowed when Prospero's “brow reddened with rage” at the sight of the intruder? In he Masque of the Red Deh,how dos Pince Prospero die?
He is stricken by the plague
.
What does Prince Prospero symbolize?
Prince Prospero symbolizes
mankind and its inability to deal with the realities of death
. Prospero, like many men, thinks he can avoid death or at least put it off. When the Red Death begins to kill most of the people in Prospero's kingdom, he attempts to use his wealth and possessions to escape the fate of everyman.
What is the irony in Prospero being upset about the stranger's costume?
The appearance of the Red Death within the abbey
is ironic because Prince Prospero has taken extreme measures to protect himself from the plague. He has shut himself off from the majority of his subjects and fled to “the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys.” The particular abbey…
What was it about the masked figure that makes him stand out so much?
What was it about the masked figure that makes him stand out so much (again, use details from the text)? It
represented the Red Death
. In the end nobody can escape death.
Who was the figure dressed as the Red Death?
His anger stems from his (and the others') fear of the Red Death.
Prince Prospero
and all of his guests died of the Red Death, which had appeared within the castle walls in a supernatural form, dressed as a reveller, but existing in no physical form under his costume.
What does the masked ball symbolize?
The masked ball is the
ultimate representation of what the guests were hiding from during their entire stay with Prince Prospero
. The purpose of their time at the castle was to escape from the Red Death. Thus, a dance where everyone hides their true identity is a perfect climax for the story. The dance represents life.
What do the partiers determine this masked figure has dressed up as?
The partygoers determine that the figure is dressed up as
the Red Death
. This horrifies them because they had been desperately trying to forget how bad the plague was, but the figure reminded them of how horrible the plague was.
