Examples Of Allusions In The Masque Of The Red Death

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Edgar Allan Poe uses many allusions in his short story “The Masque of the Red Death”, to further express the theme that death cannot be avoided. Poe’s first allusion was inspired by William Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest”. “But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious”(Poe). Prospero, the protagonist in the Shakespearean play, was a brave wizard who saved and freed many people. Much like this, Prince Prospero, the protagonist from Poe’s short story, was also fearless. The Prince saves many of his people by building giant walls around their community. Poe named his character Prospero to inform the reader that he does good deeds. Poe’s second allusion, a rather morbid one, was a biblical reference to the dreadful King Herod.
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