The Masque of the Red Death Short story by Edgar Allan Poe

*The most scary part is the suspense
*When you know there is something behind the door and you see it, you are relieved, but scared at the same time
*Also being scary is the unknown and the music. Mute a movie and you won't think it is that scary.
*You anticipate what's coming
*The thing that scares people is the leading up to the scary action, not the actual "scary" thing itself
*Allegory- work with two layers of meaning. Persons, objects, and events stand for abstract ideas or qualities
*Prince
-Possible meaning: even a prince dies eventually
-Possible lesson: no matter how high you sit, it won't save you
*The Abbey
-Possible meaning: sort of a safe place
-Possible lesson: walls can't protect you from everything
*Series of 7 rooms
-Possible meaning: all rooms had life, but the last one. Black
-Possible lesson: many seasons of life
*Clock
-Possible meaning: life is a ticking clock
-Possible lesson: all our days are numbered
*Stranger
-Possible meaning: he brings death
-Possible lesson: no one can escape death; no matter what you do

-Talks about the disease
-Prince Prospero is happy and wise
-Castellated abbey-building to resembel a monstary
-He built it making everything new. He brought ballet-dancers, musicians. All safe from "Red death"
-He had a party for his a thousand friends
Improvisating- poets who recite verses that they make up as they go along
-Rooms all different in color; Seven rooms
1. blue
2. purple
3. green
4. orange
5. while
6. violet
7. black velvet (window panes color red)
-No light in any room
-Huge clock in the black room. When it rang out everyone stop and was silent
-The party would be happy and alive then when the clock rang everybody would be sad and just look around and laugh nervously.
-The duke didn't like the fine things. People thought he was mad
-Masquerades had bizarre appearances
-No one was to go in Room 7
-At midnight everyone stops and is quiet and still. When everyone is standing still someone walks in
-Prince is in the blue room when he orders the man to take off his mask
-Figure was tall and had clothing from the grave. Look as he was sprinkled blood. Like the "Red Death"
-The Prince goes up to him and the figure stabs him with a dagger.
-The skull masked man was Red Death. He killed everyone who was at the party. The clock stopped working also.
*LESSON
- No one can cheat death. No matter what you do. Death comes in any way. It doesn't matter how it comes in. You will die so before you die you need to live life.