![]() ![]() It’s easy to read “Red Death,” which was published in 1842, as a morality tale, though some critics resist it, insisting that Poe was simply interested in telling a horror story. As a historic pandemic further highlights the economic and social disparities in societies around the world, Poe’s story underlines how the selfish, limited purview of entitled members of a society more concerned about comfort and capital during a disaster only causes more destruction. In “The Masque of the Red Death,” a gruesomely masked guest inexplicably crashes the apocalyptic soiree and is eventually revealed to be the plague itself personified, killing the prince and his fellow revelers alike. ![]() King Charles Has a Problem Queen Elizabeth Never Had. Houston, We Have a Problem.Ī Detailed Review of the Sex Scenes in Netflix’s New Bridgerton Show Succession’s Final Season Just Claimed Its Second Victim. ![]()
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