""Edgar Allan Poe writes as no one else ever has of creeping, mounting terrors - of the deadly approach of a terrible pendulum, of the awful end of an ancient and noble house, and of the impossible beating of a dead heart.""
Welcome to our interactive website. Together, we will be exploring Edgar Allan Poe's, "The Masque of the Red Death."
Use this website as a guide to understanding the great literary works of Poe. Goals for reading "The Masque of the Red Death":
1) Recognize and analyze how literary devices are used to establish the story's tone and mood. 2) Analyze how symbolism is used in this short story by Edgar Allan Poe.