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1.WhydoPrinceProsperoandhisfollowersretreattohispalace?

He an his followers go to the palace to escape the

Red Death Plague.

2. Describe in specific detail the series of rooms in which the Masquerade Ball takes place.

• Aseriesof7roomsinazig-zagpaHern

Going from East to West:

• Blue • Purple • Green • Orange

• White• Violet• Black

• ToserveaslighKng,therearelargebowlsofburningcoalsbetweentherooms.

n Intheblackroomtherestandsahugeebonygrandfatherclock.

• ThedecoraKonsmatchthecolorofeachroom.

n ThereisaGothicwindowineachroomwhichpanesmatchthecoloroftheroom.

n Theblackroom’swindowpanesaretheonlyexcepKon:itspanesare“blood”red.

3. Compare life outside the palace with the life of the people Prospero brought

inside. (possible answers…) OutsideInside

RealityFantasy

Death;DestrucKonLife

SorrowHappinessHealth Disease/Sickness

DespairHope

Wealth Poverty

4. Describe the intruder’s appearance and behavior.

•  It has a tall, gaunt (thin) appearance •  It is “shrouded” with the “robe”

of the dead •  It resembles someone with the

red death disease. •  Its face is dabbed in blood.

STORYSYMBOLS

5) Prince Prospero –

Hemightsymbolizewealthorprosperity.

Herepresentsmankind'sfuKle(pointless)aHempttoliveforever.

6.Themasquerade

TheMasqueradepartycanrepresentfantasyorescapingfromreality.

7. The masked figure –

Thiscouldrepresentdeathingeneral…Morespecifically,the

RedDeathPlague.

8.The seven rooms with different colors…

TheSevenDeadlySins1.pride,2.envy,3.gluHony[greediness],4.sloth[laziness],

5.lust[desire],6.avarice[materialism],7.wrath[anger]

TheSevenStagesofLife(infancy,childhood,teenyears,youngadulthood,middle

age,oldage,death)

TheLifeCycle*Youcanalsotalkaboutwhateach

colormightmean…