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Which three parts of this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" highlight the suggestion that the powerful and wealthy in
the story are insensitive toward the outbreak of the disease and those who are suffering?
The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal-the
redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness,
and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution. The
scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the
pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy
of
his fellow-men. And the whole seizure, progress and termination of the disease
, were the incidents of half an hour.
But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a
thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames
of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of
his
castellated abbeys. This was an extensive and magnificent structure, the
creation of the print's own eccentric yet august taste. A strong and lofty
wall girdled it in. This wall had gates of iron. The courtiers, having entered, brought
furnaces and massy hammers and welded the bolts. They
resolved to leave means neither of ingress nor egress to the sudden
impulses of despair or of frenzy from within. The abbey was amply
provisioned.
With such precautions the courtiers might bid defiance to contagion
. The external world could take care of itself. In the meantime it was folly to
grieve, or to think. The prince had provided all the appliances of pleasure
.
There
were buffoons, there were improvisatori, there were ballet-
dancers,
there were musicians, there was Beauty, there was wine. All these
and security were within. Without was the "Red Death."
It was towards the close of the fifth or sixth month of his seclusion, and while the pestilence raged most furiously abroad, that the Prince Prospero
entertained his thousand friends at a masked ball of the most unusual
magnificence.

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In the excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death," three parts highlight the suggestion that the powerful and wealthy characters are insensitive to the suffering caused by the disease outbreak: 1. The first highlighted part is when Prince Prospero decides to seclude himself and a thousand of his friends in his abbey, away from the devastation of the "Red Death" that is plaguing the country. This action shows his detachment from the suffering of his people and his focus on self-preservation and pleasure instead of helping those in need. 2. Another part that emphasizes their insensitivity is when the courtiers take extreme precautions by sealing themselves off from the outside world to avoid the disease. They are portrayed as disregarding the suffering of those outside their walls and focusing solely on their own enjoyment and safety. 3. Lastly, the description of the extravagant masked ball that Prince Prospero hosts amidst the raging pestilence further illustrates their insensitivity. While the disease is spreading furiously outside, the prince and his guests indulge in lavish entertainment, showing a lack of concern for the suffering and death surrounding them. These parts collectively depict the callousness and indifference of the powerful and wealthy characters towards the plight of those affected by the disease, highlighting their privilege and disregard for the well-being of others.

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