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Question

i read the masque of the red death and now i am suppose to write a essay pretending to be an archaeologist that has just discovered prince prospero's reamains i am suppose to be creative and tell what the remains reveal about the prince but i can't think of anything please help

Answer 1

Characters
This story has no characters in the usual sense which lends credibility to an allegorical interpretation. Only Prince Prospero speaks. His name suggests happiness and good fortune; however, ironically this is not the case. Within the Prince's abbey, he has created a world of his imagination with masked figures that reflect "his own guiding taste." These dancers are so much a product of the Prince's imagination that Poe refers to them as "a multitude of dreams." Even when the "Red Death" enters, the author refers to this character as a "figure" or a "mummer" who "was tall and guant, and shrouded from head to foot in the habiliments of the grave. The mask...was made...to resemble the countenance of a stiffened corpse....But the mummer had gone so far as to assume the type of the Red Death. His vesture was dabbled in blood-and his broad brow, with all the features of the face, was besprinkled with the scarlet horror." When the mummer is seized toward the end of the story, all "gasped in unutterable horror at finding the grave cerements and corpselike mask...untenanted by any tangible form."

This slightly talks about what the Prince was like so use this to imagine things that you would find if you discovered his remains. Describe is clothing, and what it would say about it, his hair, face, any objects that you found on him. see what im saying???