Download “The Masque of the Red Death” 1. Describe Prospero`s plan for

“The Masque of the Red Death”
1. Describe Prospero’s plan for surviving the epidemic.
2. Choose one of the following, and suggest its symbolic value in the story.
The Clock
The Seven Rooms
The Use of Black and Scarlet Décor in the Seventh Room
The Stranger
The Masquerade Party
3. Poe felt strongly that the main concern of any story was its psychological effect. He believed that
neither narrative nor characterization was as important as the reader’s emotional response. What
emotional effect did the first paragraph of this story have on you?
What words does Poe use to produce this effect?
“The Tell Tale Heart”
1. Why does the narrator think that he is sane? Provide examples from the text to support your
answer.
2. What does the narrator hear? Why do the officers not hear it?
3. Consider the narrator’s psychology. Why, if he claims to “love the old man” is he able to
murder him?