The Masque of the Red Death

-->Red Death: Sharp pains, dizziness, bleeding at pores, dissolution, scarlet stains upon body, seizures

• Prince Prospero: Happy, lived in the abbey (abbey: building built to resemble a monastery). Prince designed it to have gates of iron and many other Gothic elements. Prince had but many pleasure items in the castle; ballet-dancers, buffoons, musicians, beauty & wine. These were all safe from "Red death".
  
• Prince had a masked ball, but of most unusual magnificence, Masquerade.
• Masquerade was held in seven rooms. Imperial suite, sharp turns every 20-30 yards, big Gothic windows made of stained glass, decorations.

Different chambers:
--> 1. Blue
--> 2. Purple
--> 3. Green
--> 4. Orange
--> 5. White
--> 6. Violet
--> 7. Black Velvet: Window panes color of blood, hall of velvet

• The black velvet room there was a big clock. Clock of ebony. It made a beautiful noise. Everything and everybody would stop what they were doing to listen to it ding. When it would finish, people would laugh nervously.
  
• The prince's decor was bizzare; he had a fine eye for color. He was seen as mad. He loved the grotesque.
  
• The chambers held dreams inside. When the clock dings, the dreams stop. When clock is done, they begin again.
  
• No maskers at the ball could go into the hall of velvet. In the other rooms, the beat of life continued.
  
• At midnight, the 12 strokes of the clock pretty much hypnotize the people. During that time, the people noticed a masked person. The figure was tall, shrouded head to toe with clothing from the grave, his mask was a skull. He looked as he was sprinkled with blood like "Red Death".
  
• When Prince sees him, he shudders, of terror & distaste. The prince orders from him to be unmasked. The prince goes up the figure & the figure stabs the prince with a daggar.
  
• The skulled-mask man was Red Death. He killed everyone who was at the party. The clock stopped working also.
  

Death: You can't cheat it. Nobody can.