masque of the red death?

Question

if u have to write a second episode of the masque of the red death, how would it be? i mean the story line

Answer 1

nice try. i know the book is required reading and assignments have been handed out. yours is so hidden in a trick question i might trick you and write something bogus as a answer.

it's not a long story so read it (it's great) and write the paper tonight and tomorrow. good luck!

Answer 2

Well, the times I've read the "Masque of the Red Death" I've always been reminded of the Black Plague. So I'd look for an illness/disease simlar to the plague (by similar I mean outbreaks or epidemics known to kill lots of people). Probably something like the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak, ebola, AIDS.

Naturally, the only "character" who would return from Poe's classic short story would be the Red Death itself. Prince Prospero and all his noble guests were dead at the end of the story, so they would make a return. Probably change Prospero and his friends into modern buisnessmen and millionaires or nineteenth and early twentith century Robber barons. Have one be really important and bring in a ton of friends to escape the outbreak only to have the Red Death show up and kill everyone of them.

Answer 3

Basically some guy and all his rich friends decide to throw a masquerade ball while a horrible plague is going on outside. I think that the story really illustrates the fact that no matter what social class you are in, that everyone ends up the same. There is no escaping death just because you are part of the upper class. Even if humans are not equal in life, they will be equal in death.

Answer 4

There is a novel called V, by Thomas Pynchon in which Pynchon describes a "siege party" that is quite reminiscent of "The Masque of the Red Death." Maybe you could argue that Pynchon has already done it.

Answer 5

love that story. i dont see how there could be a second episode, i mean a point has already been made but if you have to...maybe you could write like a prelude, or write about someone in the plague outside the walls where Prince Prospero is hiding, and the origin of the figure that sneaks in to his castle and gives them all the plague.

Answer 6

The last line of the story sums it all up: "And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."

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All around the world, people are trying to hide from the Red Death but it seeks them out, one way or another! AND THERE IS YOUR STORY.

Answer 7

Anything written by Edgar Allan Poe is a classic, it is a well written moral story, that has enough gothic undertones to make it seem sinister.

"The Masque of the Red Death," originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death," is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, have a masquerade ball within seven rooms of his abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure enters and makes his way through each of the rooms. When Prospero confronts this stranger, he falls dead. The story follows many traditions of Gothic fiction and is often analyzed as an allegory about the inevitability of death, though some critics advise against an allegorical reading. Many different interpretations have been presented, as well as attempts to identify the true nature of the disease of the "Red Death."

The story was first published in May 1842 in Graham's Magazine. It has since been adapted in many different forms, including the 1964 film starring Vincent Price. It has also been alluded to throughout other works in many types of media.

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Here are a few things to give you a visual idea:

Film, TV, theatrical, or radio adaptations:

The story inspired Russian filmmaker Vladimir R. Gardin's A Spectre Haunts Europe in 1921.

The story was adapted in 1964 by Roger Corman into a film, The Masque of the Red Death, starring Vincent Price. The film adapted parts of another Poe story, Hop-Frog, involving the court jester and his wife. Corman remade this film in 1989.

The story was adapted by George Lowther for the January 10, 1975 broadcast of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater which starred Karl Swenson and Staats Cotsworth.

The story is being adapted by Punchdrunk Productions in collaboration with the Royal National Theatre as a promenade performance at the Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, London SW11 5TN from 17 September 2007

Allusions/references from other works

Literature

Stephen King's novel The Shining contains several allusions to the story. For example, the line "and the red death held sway over all" seems to reference the final line of Poe's story.

In Neil Gaiman's 1996 novel Neverwhere, a minor character briefly mentions the story "The Masque of the Red Death" when describing a fancy event at a museum.

In the Terry Pratchett novel Maskerade (which pastiches Phantom of the Opera, see below), Death himself wears a Red Death costume at the climax of the story.

In the Chuck Palahniuk novel Haunted, a quote from "The Masque of the Red Death" is in the beginning of the book. Also, several of the rooms are colored with themes that reflects the story.

In the Dan Simmons novel The Terror, an elaborate Carnivale is staged outdoors by the crew of two ice-locked ships. The crew builds a series of multi-colored compartments for the event out on the ice using the ships' rigging and different colored paints. A crew member thinks of this idea from remembering a story by Poe he read in a magazine.


Stage and screen

Erik in the 1925 version of Phantom of the Opera dressed as the Red Death

In Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera, Erik, the Phantom, attends a ball dressed as the Red Death with the inscription "Je suis la Mort Rouge qui passe!" ("I am the Red Death that passes") embroidered on his cloak in gold. The Red Death costume shows up in both the 1986 musical and 2004 film of the same name, though the stage production is somewhat more accurate regarding his appearance, as he bears a large feathered hat and lengthy cloak as described in the novel. Neither appearance, however, shows the inscription.
The 1987 animated film also shows the Red Death scene.
In the 1989 film, starring Robert Englund, Erik is also dressed as Red Death.


The 2001 animated/live-action comedy Osmosis Jones features the Red Death, otherwise known as Thrax, as the main villain. He was voiced by Laurence Fishburne. As in Poe's story, "The Red Death" is a dangerous and fatal disease.


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This is an interesting, and deep story. if you wanted to ad something....perhaps make a story as a by stander at the party looking at the prince dieing....and going crazy. or reverse it, do a story line as a servent to the prince and speak of cleanliness and procautions that lead that person to survive.
You could even add on after the prince's death....like an outer-body experience....him leaving his body...looking out into the city, seeing bodies, people of all ages, all sex, colors, anll positions in live, all dead, skin corse with blisters and blood emerging from their bodies, thin bodies deteraited...etc. just research and look over this story, it's great i promise. GOOD LUCK!!!

Answer 8

yes it was filmed with Vincent Price in 1964, directed by Roger Corman....great movie!

Answer 9

Didn't everybody die?