Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from The Masque of the Red Death.
Mortality Quotes
The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. (1)
Versions of Reality Quotes
The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. (1)
Fear Quotes
No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal --the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding...
Foolishness and Folly Quotes
But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights...