1. WHITE BOARD CHALLENGE Masque of the Red Death

2. WHAT DO YOU THINK MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH WILL BE ABOUT, BASED ON THE NAME OF THE STORY?

3. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE MAIN CHARACTER PRINCE PROSPERO’S NAME MEANS? (Hint: What does prospero sound like?)

4. WHY DO YOU THINK PRINCE PROSPERO CHOSE TO HAVE A MASQUERADE PARTY AND NOT SIMPLY A PARTY?

5. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE SEVEN ROOMS WILL REPRESENT? WHY WOULD POE CHOOSE SEVEN ROOMS? (Hint: Shakespeare’s 7 ages of man from a crying baby to a corpse)

6. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE EBONY (BLACK CLOCK) WILL SYMBOLIZE/REPRESENT? (Hint: What does black make you think of?)

7. WHAT DO YOU THINK “THE RED DEATH” IS?

8. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE THEME OF THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH MAY BE?