Inescapable Death
The Inescapable Death! ... This disease is called the "Red Death". ... The "Red Death" is only a fictional disease that Edgar Allan Poe wrote about in his short story, "The Masque of the Red Death". To escape the Red Death, Prince Prospero and a thousand of his friends locked themselves inside his castle. They think if no one can come in and no one can go out then they cannot catch the "Red Death” They lived in the castle for five or six months, Prince Prospero decided to have a costume ball. ... The clock strikes midnight and someone shows up as the "red death". ... "The Masque of the Red Death" represents gothic romanticism very well because of the mention of castles and balls, the clear villain, and the mysterious feel of the story.