Edgar Allan Poe
The Masque of the Red Death p. 454
Define allegory:
p. 1244 or 1372
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Slide show of rooms
Picture/drawing of rooms
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Video clip “Can Can,” from Moulin Rouge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgCqbWwpBg
#2 At the end of Poe’s story, “The Masque
of the Red Death,” Poe wanted his readers
to feel . . . we will all die, shock, horror,
fear, and paranoia
#6 The messages at the end of “The Masque
of the Red Death” are
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You can run but you can’t hide – explain
Death comes to everyone – explain
Even the wealthy and privileged will die
Abandoned all his subjects – selfish