Could anyone is explain this story to me? please.?

Question

okay so for my english homework i had to read "the masque of the red death" by edgar allen poe. usually i can understand and decipher what he is trying to say considering his morbid and eccentric style but i don't get this what-so-ever. my questions on it are due tomorrow and i really need help. so if someone who gets it could give me like a short summary or something that would be grand. thanks :]

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*okay so obviously if i DONT UNDERSTAND it then i am not capable of doing it. not to sound rude but thats kind of why i'm here; to get help. thanks again.

Answer 1

DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK!

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Answer 2

cant u do it your self rawaa

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Answer 3

There's a plague sweeping the country, killing loads of people, so the prince (Prince Prospero) decides to segregate himself and a number of his subjects from the plague by locking them up in a big abbey. Inside the abbey there's music and dancers and loads of other cool stuff. It's divided into seven rooms, and everything in each room is of one colour, i.e. one's just in yellow, one's just in white, etc. There's also a big clock. One day he decides to have a big fancy-dress party, which in those days was called a "masquerade". In the party a strange and unrecognized man turns up dressed in red. He represents the red death. Now that he's inside the abbey they're not safe any more. They all get the plague and die

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