“The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allen Poe is about a man named Prince Prospero and his attempts to avoid a dangerous plague. The plague is known as the Red Death. He plans to avoid the plague by hiding in his abbey, along with other revelers during a masquerade ball in the abbey's seven rooms. Through the closed gates, the mysterious figure makes his way into the party and causes the death of all the masquerades. This story is often analyzed as an allegory about the inevitability of death. Poe has one of the most unique writing styles of all authors. His best-known works of fiction are Gothic, a category in which "The Masque of the Red Death" falls. It establishes recurring themes, physical signs and appearances, along with other details of a Gothic nature. In this particular story, Poe's sentence structure is clear and defined. There are two parts that can be noticed in his sentences. These parts are texture and color. It has many short sentences that come together to build a larger whole. The paragraphs are very short or very long. Each long paragraph describes only one thing. The first long paragraph describes the Red Death, while the second describes Prospero's retreat to the castle, the third long paragraph describes the suite, and the fourth the clock. Shorter paragraphs are usually made up of short, structurally simple sentences. They have one or two small details that, as stated earlier, make up a larger whole. Poe uses that structure to insert the color portion. Much of the color and life in his writing comes from his choice of words. Not all of his sentences are short, however. Sometimes he inserts a massive sentence like the following: “his pendulum swung on a… paper medium… kingdom. He decided to lock himself in his abbey to create a place where he was safe from death and could live his life without fear. His reign was the last stand on his life. At the end of the story, Death managed to pass through Prospero's closed gates and enter the resistance. The Red Death managed to enter and destroy everyone. The Red Death held unlimited dominion, meaning that Death's dominion has no borders and conquers all. It's easy to see the ending as a warning against stupidity. How could Prospero really think he could escape death? No matter what, death is inevitable. Prospero and the revelers were destined to die sooner or later, but death came first because they locked themselves in a castle with no way out. It is helpful to remember that Poe's main goal in writing was to create intense emotion for the reader to provide a better experience.