The story tells the tale of Prince Prospero amid a deadly plague. Īlthough Poe’s short story is completely fictional, the American poet who was inspired by existing diseases relie d on biblical symbolism and takes upon a realistic approach to human behavior that resonates with today’s current events and the public reaction. The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.” is how Poe describes this gruesome disease in the short story.
“There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution. The coronavirus pandemic that’s been dominating news headlines throughout the world has been compared to Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 film, “ Contagion ” but it can also be compared to Edgar Allan Poe’s 1842 short story “ The Masque of the Red Death ” - a macabre tale of a deadly disease called the Red Death that spreads like wildfire and wipe s out half of the population.
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