Test 1, 10th Grade, II Trimester Flashcards
Vocabulary of The Masque of the Red Death
- Avatar: incarnation
- Dissolution: death
- Dauntless: fearless
- Castellated: built like a Castle
- Buffon: clown
- Voluptuous: luxurious
Author of the Masque of the Red Death
Edgar Allan Poe
Characters of the Masquerade of the Red Death
- Prince Prospero: He is a terrible ruler, because he left his peasants to die of the plague, while he locked himself with the people he liked in his castle
- The Red Death: May just be the biggest party prooper* of all time. He’s Death embodied, or something like that
Setting of the Masquerade of the Red Death
Castellated Abbey
Point of view of the Masquerade of the Red Death
Third person Omniscient
Genre of the Masquerade of the Red Death
- Horror
- Gothic Fiction
Characters of The Cask of Amontillado
- Montresor (narrator)
- Fortunato (victim)
- Luchesi (isn’t really a character)
Setting of the Cask of Amontillado
Underground catacomb, Italy, during the carnival season
Genre of the Cask of Amontillado
- Horror
- Gothic
Point of View of the Cask of Amontillado
-First person point of view
What does the suite symbolise?
It’s an allegory of human life, and it’s rooms are different stages of life, depending on their color
How are the rooms arranged?
East to west.
•East is usually associated with “the beginnings” and birth, because the sun rises in the east
•West is associated with “endings” and death, and west is the direction of the sunset)
Blue Room
Represents birth
Purple room
Suggests the beginnings of growth
Green room
Suggests the “spring” of life (youth)
