external image Edgar-Allan-Poe.jpgEdgar Allan Poe's

"The Masque of the Red Death"

By: Allison Rastelli

Table of Contents

1. About Poe

2. About the Plague

3. "The Masque of the Red Death"

4. Character Analysis

5.Theme and Symbolism

6. Works Cited



Edgar Allan Poe is known for his unique and dimented style of writing. Poe's stories and poems display his own feelings of sorrow and depression. Published by Graham's Magazine in May 1842, "The Masque of the Red Death" is one of Poe's best works of literature. It is considered to be a part of the Romantic Era .