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Masque of the Red Death (Historical (Class Warfare (Poor vs Rich) (Urban…
Masque of the Red Death
Historical
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Purpose and Meaning
Poe was focussed on presenting issues of his society through the lense of an exaggerated era of suffering (Economic Uncertainty)
Using the characters to represent the rich and poor aspects of his time even though the plot takes place in the medieval ages
(Economic)Class Warfare
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Poe himself had lived both walks of life as his family was well off however after leaving West Point to pursue a career in writing those ties were split leaving him to struggle through poverty.
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Comparison of Medieval Ages to current issues. He uses this to drive the point his society is looking to a similar fate of suffering and separation.
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Industrialism Spread like a disease much like the Red Death and the Black Plague of the Medieval Ages