Answer: The exposition of “The Masque of the Red Death” of course, introduces the setting, the characters, and the basic situation as well as providing some background information: a plague, called “the red death” has “long devastated country.” It is hideous, fatal, and causes those around it much horror and fear of contracting it.
Exposition: The Red Death is introduced along with Prince Prospero and his one thousand friends in the exposition.
