The gothic element in Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" is, Element 9 -- The death of a man or woman in the throes of some great passion.
Gothic elements is the atmosphere that creates suspense and awful feelings.
Because the paragraph deal with the death of an old man who was murdered because of his vulture eye, and it's full of death, madness and that no one can escape death. All this create gothic element, atmosphere of suspense and awful feelings.
Hence the correct option is, C. Element 9 -- The death of a man or woman in the throes of some great passion.
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