Use of contrasts in The Masque of the Red Death"There were jesters, there were improvisers, there were ballet dancers , there were musicians, there was was beauty, there was wine and the safety within was the Red Death (Poe, 209) In the short story The Masque of the Red Death, Edgar Allen Poe uses. the sacredness of the abbey walls to juxtapose the harshness and inescapable nature of the Red Death The author uses the contrasts between the abbey and the Red Death to reveal the true character of Prince Prospero, suggesting the presence of the. Red Death in the abbey and contribute to the outcome of events While the Prince's people suffer outside the walls of the abbey, he selfishly entertains the guests at a masked ball. description of the plague spreading among Prince Prospero's people "There were sharp pains, sudden dizziness, then profuse bleeding from the pores, with dissolution" (Poe, 209) Instead of developing the effects. of the plague, Poe begs...