Question

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What does this line from the story “The Masque of the Red Death” represent?
“And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.”

A. The plot

B. The rising action

C. The theme

D. The symbol

Answer 1

Answer:

C. The theme

Explanation:

"And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all". The take-home message is "death conquers all." At the beginning of the story, the Red Death was all over Prospero's kingdom, but Prospero himself fled and created a place that was supposedly safe from death.