The Masque Of The Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death
Full title: The masque of the Red Death.
Genre: The genre of this short story is gothic.
Time and place written: It was written on 1842
Narrator and point of view: The narrator is omniscient, and speaks in the third person view. This means that the narrator knows everything about the story and it doesn’t reside in any character’s view. Indeed, in this short story the narrator is interested in describing Prospero’s party and where is set.
Protagonists: In “The Masque of the Red Death”, Poe decided to focus in describing the set where it takes place the story, therefore we don’t know much about the protagonist (Prince Prospero), but we do know that he has an unusual but excellent taste, also he’s the only with enough courage to face …show more content…
Poe includes no blood or gore in this story. In fact, he makes the reader wait and the fact of not knowing what will happen it’s what makes this story a great horror one.
Time and place written: Written on 1843
Narrator and point of view: The narrator in this story is in first person, therefore it has a central narrator. It is explained by the protagonist and describes what he sees and feels. This is used by Poe to give some emotion to the story. Also it’s important to notice that the story is told by our protagonist in a backward-looking.
Protagonists: In this story we have three different characters, the first one it’s our narrator, the protagonist. Nevertheless, we don’t know much about him, not even his name or why he is sentenced to death by the Spanish Inquisitors. The other characters are the Inquisitors, the judges. But, again, we know nothing about them except that they are cruel. Lastly we have General Lasalle, the rescuer of our protagonist. We know that General Lasalle belongs to the French army, the ones who finished with the Spanish Inquisition. In fact, General Lasalle was a real historical character.
The Murders in the Rue
Full title: The masque of the Red Death.
Genre: The genre of this short story is gothic.
Time and place written: It was written on 1842
Narrator and point of view: The narrator is omniscient, and speaks in the third person view. This means that the narrator knows everything about the story and it doesn’t reside in any character’s view. Indeed, in this short story the narrator is interested in describing Prospero’s party and where is set.
Protagonists: In “The Masque of the Red Death”, Poe decided to focus in describing the set where it takes place the story, therefore we don’t know much about the protagonist (Prince Prospero), but we do know that he has an unusual but excellent taste, also he’s the only with enough courage to face …show more content…
Poe includes no blood or gore in this story. In fact, he makes the reader wait and the fact of not knowing what will happen it’s what makes this story a great horror one.
Time and place written: Written on 1843
Narrator and point of view: The narrator in this story is in first person, therefore it has a central narrator. It is explained by the protagonist and describes what he sees and feels. This is used by Poe to give some emotion to the story. Also it’s important to notice that the story is told by our protagonist in a backward-looking.
Protagonists: In this story we have three different characters, the first one it’s our narrator, the protagonist. Nevertheless, we don’t know much about him, not even his name or why he is sentenced to death by the Spanish Inquisitors. The other characters are the Inquisitors, the judges. But, again, we know nothing about them except that they are cruel. Lastly we have General Lasalle, the rescuer of our protagonist. We know that General Lasalle belongs to the French army, the ones who finished with the Spanish Inquisition. In fact, General Lasalle was a real historical character.
The Murders in the Rue