4. The story opens with the account of the plague in a
fictional country. A disease named Red Death plagues
the whole country. The victims of the disease quickly
die in a horrible state. Even though the disease is
quickly spreading in the country, Prince Prosper does
not appear to be worried about it. He orders to lock the
gates of the palace so no disease could enter the
palace, and ignores that his people are dying of the
disease.
Summary
6. Symbols and Motifs
-The stages they represent are birth (blue),
youth (purple), adolescence (green),
adulthood (orange), old age (white), imminent
death (violet), and death itself (black/scarlet).
The seventh room, which represents death, is
the room into which Prospero chases the
stranger.