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"Masque of the Red Death"

  • On October 3, 1849 Poe was found on the streets of Baltimore, delirious and in great distress.
  • He was taken to the Washington College Hospital, where he died early on the morning of October 7.
  • Poe is buried on the grounds of Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, now part of the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore.

Literary Devices to know:

  • Allusion
  • Allegory
  • Symbolism
  • Irony

Allegory - a narrative that serves as an extended metaphor

Allusion - an indirect reference

to another work of fiction, film, piece of art, or even real event.

Symbolism - the practice of representing things by symbols

  • Verbal Irony
  • Situational Irony
  • Dramatic Irony

The Red Death

it symbolizes the inevitability of

death.

The Seven Rooms

Represent the stages of life (see powerpoint)

The Ebony Clock

is a constant reminder of death and

symbolizes the inevitability of it.

Edgar Allan Poe

  • Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1809
  • Lived in Richmond, VA and England once adopted

by John and Frances Allan

  • Died a mysterious death - exact cause still unknown
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