Rhetorical Analysis On The Masque Of The Red Death

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In this story, there is the wealthy and poor type of people. One thing they do have in common though is death because everyone will eventually die. This short story, “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe, explains how Prince Prospero was trying to avoid a disease that is killing victims very quickly in a very disturbing way. Prince Prospero was one of those people, who wanted to live for eternity. The author’s intended theme was, “Death is unavoidable, no matter how hard you try to hide from it”.This story is composed of a variety of rhetorical strategies that helps the audience understand the message the author is trying to pass on. Throughout the story, Edgar Allan Poe used a specific type of tone, he used symbolism, and personification to prove his dark point. …show more content…

He writes in a gloomy way trying to make the audience feel fear and trembling. In the beginning of the story, he used a negative tone towards the country. For example, “No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous”(Poe 1). Poe used this tone to make sure it fits with his genre, “horror”. His tone was perfect for the dialogue characters were going to say in the story. “Seize him and unmask him--that we may know whom we have to hang at sunrise, from the battlements!”(Poe 4).Using this tone he makes the character, “Prince Prospero” seem careless and fearless because he was happy and

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