Directions:
Read the stories, “The Masqu of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe and “Appointment at Noon” by Eric Frank Russell.
Write a well-organized essay utilizing appropriate logical structure of essay writing, transitional language and progressive development of ideas. Synthesize the important points of the two stories. DO NOT write summaries of the stories. Use only what is appropriate for and relevant to the discussion of the topic. MAKE SURE to address all the parts of the topic.
Topic
The main Character, in the medieval morality play, Everyman, cries out, “O Death, thy cometh when I had thee least in mind.” Like this play, there are many other works of literature which deal with the themes of the inevitability of death and the futility of trying to escape it. Also, that death does not discriminate. The authors employ various literary elements and techniques like characterization, foreshadowing, imagery, symbolism, irony, horror and suspense etc. to present these essential themes.
In your essay analyze the stories, “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe and “Appointment at Noon” by Eric Frank Russell in the light of the above statements. Discuss how these authors present their themes. In order to make your essay more effective, choose any four of the literary elements or techniques, mentioned above, and discuss with specific examples from the stories how these authors employ them to enhance the total effect of their stories and how do they impact you as a reader.
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