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Poe believed that a good short story should achieve "unity of effect," meaning that all details, from plot to characters to setting, should all build towards a single mood, emotion, or effect. What is the defining mood of "Masque of the Red Death"? Give 1 example (such as character description, plot details, or setting descriptions) that convey the mood.

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Explanation:

Edgar Allan Poe used allegory (mood) about death (Red Death = plague), instead of identifying  the true nature of  disease/plague.

"Prince Prospero  hosts a masquerade ball ......, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters ....."

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Foreboding mood

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The first pragraph of the story is: "THE “Red Death” had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so

hideous. Blood was its Avator and its seal — the redness and the horror of blood. ......" The descriptino of disease in the beginnning sets the tone that something bad is about to happen

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