Term used to describe the disease sweeping the country in which Prince Prospero resides. The Red Death is symbolic of all death and of the mortality of al humans; it is also possibly symbolic of tuberculosis, given that Virginia Clemm suffered for years from TB and was prone to bleeding from the mouth.
Suite of rooms, designed by Prospero, in which the masquerade ball is held. These rooms are color-coordinated, with the final room decorated in black with blood-red windows. These rooms represent the progression.....
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