THE mask of the death red EDGAR Allan POE this tale recounts that a long time ago there was the Red death. The Red death had devastated the country had a plague so fatal and terrible, their blood produced the first sharp pains, and sudden dizziness then a profuse licuefacto, bleeding from pores. Blood was its avatar your seal red and the horror of blood when one victim was attacked by this plague was cause of death. That Prince command to make a solid and high wall whose gates were iron once inside was celebrated with wine music and dancers security inside and outside the Red death. The Prince prospero and his friends offered a dance of masks for this castle consists of seven rooms painted each one differently coloured and stained glass windows of the same tone of the walls, with the exception of a piece, the black room, which has red-painted stained glass creating a terrifying and ghostly atmosphere. While thousands of friends of the Prince enjoy the holidays thousands of people die by plague and without any help. All in the Castle they dance and stroll through the rooms except for black in addition to having a clock of ebony which gives his time and sounds like bells giving terror horror.

During the course of the feast prospero locks into a stranger dressed up with a black blanket and a mask red representing a victim of the plague, the Prince who feels severely insulted by this requires the stranger that identifies, to the horror of all the guest not only is revealed as a victim of the disease, but as the personification of death itself. From that moment all the occupants of the Castle contract the disease and die. Characters in the story: the red mask: which brings the plague friends: Prince the Prince: responsible sending and govern Duke: charge of choosing colors and effects by: Angie Marcela corner Naranjo for teacher: Liliana Vargas literate and teaching of Spanish.