I've already told both of my Reading and Composition classes that I never thought about teaching Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" until the pandemic came upon us, much like the Red Death of Poe's story.
Many of you will probably want to incorporate current events from 2020 into your interpretation of Poe's story and its relevance to our situation as a culture, society, nation, species. Make sure your ideas take center stage. Remember that "your ideas" include your feelings and emotions and so-called irrational thoughts.
Here are links to some articles from online newspapers. Pay special attention to how they weave Poe's exact words with their own purposes. They are, in essence, using Poe's words to support their argument. Cool, right?
David Ulin in The Los Angeles Times
Iskra Fileva in Psychology Today
Paul Lewis in The Baltimore Sun
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