The Masque of the Red Death
by Edgar Allan Poe
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- Edgar Allan Poe
You think Poe's stories are dark and twisted? They're nothing compared to his real life. Shmoop a little further into his biography for some true frights. - Prospero Squared
Poe's mad prince isn't the only famous literary Prospero. He shares a namesake with a different kind of "artist" from Shakespeare's The Tempest.